White Cane Awareness Day
It’s not a day that is celebrated annually in many Carmel classrooms, but this year White Cane Awareness Day drew a lot of interest and a big crowd to Raquel Patterson’s class at Kent Elementary School.
That’s because 5-year-old Mackenzie, who started kindergarten at Kent Elementary in September, uses a white cane to help guide her through her day and she was happy to tell the other children in her class just how it works.
“It helps me to feel around rather than seeing around,” said Mackenzie, who is blind. “I can fold it up, too.”
Mackenzie is teaching the other children in her class a lot about what it’s like to live with a visual impairment.
“The kids are very responsive and helpful,” Patterson said. “The students are always making sure that Mackenzie is ok. They are truly the Carmel 6Cs personified.”