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Blind Birmingham resident fears for safety as bin strike rubbish piles break walking cane
The Independent
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4/8/2025
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It's absolutely making me walk into the road, which is difficult to navigate.
00:06
The floors are uneven anyway, and it's a stench as well.
00:09
But it's also fearing for my safety, as I'm having to veer off into an area which is unfamiliar.
00:16
But the actual roads, the rubbish, the bins, is causing a lot of stress and anxiety as well.
00:24
Quite like the time I've turned back and gone home.
00:26
I've also got my cane in the bin, so I've actually hurt my shins, my knees.
00:32
And then you actually put your hands out, so if you fall, there'll be nobody there to pick me up.
00:36
So I'm not always with somebody.
00:38
And also, as I explained, you're veering off.
00:41
And I have broken my cane, which is my mobility aid as I'm turning it.
00:47
It's actually broken right on the tip, which for me is quite frightening.
00:51
Because these are my eyes. This is what I use to navigate the world.
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