Getting Around

Orientation and Mobility (O&M) is a profession specific to blindness and low vision that teaches safe, efficient, and effective travel skills to people of all ages.

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What is Orientation and Mobility?

What is Orientation and Mobility? Orientation and Mobility (O&M) is a profession specific to blindness and low vision that teaches safe, efficient, and effective travel skills to people of all […]

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Orientation

Find out how to know where you are in your home or neighborhood. Learn how to use your other senses to get around, find dropped objects, and travel indoors and […]

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Protecting Your Body

For maximum protection, you should use a combination of upper and lower body protective techniques and/or a long white cane.

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Transportation

Traveling when blind or low vision can have its share of adventures. Check out the articles in this section to learn about using ride-share and public transportation, including trains, busses, […]

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Walking with a Human or Dog Guide

Learn how a human guide can help a person who is blind or low vision to navigate through crowds and unknown spaces safely and effectively. Find out about dog guides […]

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Driving

Can a person drive with low vision? Learn about driving safety and bioptic driving, including bioptic driving rules and regulations.

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Cane Travel

Read about how to learn to use a cane and what type to use. Should you use a white cane if you have low vision? What are white cane laws? […]

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Traveling with Combined Hearing and Vision Loss

People who have hearing loss as well as low vision—and people who are profoundly deaf and totally blind—can travel in their communities, commute to work, and even travel around the […]

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