The AER O&M Division Bledsoe Archives : The Professionalization of Orientation & Mobility
Object ID:
2007.33.169
Title:
Mobility Mitten
Creator:
Liu, Pam
Description:
Hand knitted black, green, and white striped mitten; no thumb; oval shaped with small sleeve at one end and glove cuff at the other; sleeve allows the tip of a cane through; mit is then pulled up so that sleeve rests on the cane shaft just below the cane handle; slit just below the mit cuff allows the cane handle to protrude out of the wrist of the mit so the cane can be pivoted from side to side as one walks along.

Dimensions:
H-12 W-5 inches
Date:
ca. 1988
Made by:
Liu, Pam
Place of Origin:
Baltimore, MD
Provenance:
Designed by Pam Liu, an O&M specialist at the Maryland School for the Blind. Produced and sold as a fundraiser by the school.
Credit Line:
Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
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