The Comox Valley White Cane chapter will be busy during National Canadian Council of the Blind public awareness week, which began Sunday.
Besides having a table Feb. 9 at the Comox Centre Mall and Feb. 10 at the Driftwood Mall, the local chapter will display some visual aids at its regular meeting Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. at the Comox Senior Centre.
This exhibition, courtesy of Humanware, will show some of the up-to-date technological equipment available to assist blind and visual impaired residents. It will be a chance for chapter members, and others who may wish to attend, to view this equipment in a hands-on situation.
It will also be a great way to learn more about coping with the ever-increasing sight impairment of age-related macula degeneration.
— Canadian National Institute for the Blind