Stigma, Embarrassment and the Use of Mobility Aids

Hogan, Claire L.

doi:10.21307/ijom-2012-009

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Stigma, Embarrassment and the Use of Mobility Aids

Vision Rehabilitation International

Volume 5 (2012): Issue 1 (January 2012)

By: Claire L. Hogan

Open Access

|Jan 2012

Abstract

Client resistance in using the white cane is discussed. Fears about stigma and embarrassment are expressed by clients as the main barrier to using mobility aids. Assertiveness training is proposed as a means of reducing that resistance.

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