White Cane Week pushes for equality for the visually impaired

It’s White Cane Week, and Quebec organizations representing the blind and visually impaired are calling on elected officials to break down barriers faced by the 300,000 Quebecers living with visual impairments.
While technological advances have made great strides, people with visual disabilities still lack universal access to public services, advocates say.
Many blind and partially sighted people are unemployed because of discrimination in the workplace and the fact that new technologies a