Blind people use canes

As you can imagine, I don’t go around declaring my visual impairment to the world or to every single human that I meet. That does mean that I sometimes lose track of which acquaintances know and which don’t.

A large group of us were in an airport waiting to fly to an awesome European destination for a photography adventure.  As we vacated some chairs to walk towards our gate, I flipped out my cane like a light saber, pointed it at a 30 degree angle towards the floor and began to follow the crowd.

At which point one of the boys in my group shouted across the airport lounge, “Crikey girl! You’re keen, getting your selfie stick out already!”

This happens a lot. Which upsets me because I have a deep and rooted hatred of selfie sticks.