O&M featuring Cane Quest
Orientation & Mobility (O&M) Featuring Cane Quest
This video showcases the Orientation & Mobility (O&M) program at the Oklahoma School for the Blind, featuring Cane Quest 2023, an annual O&M contest for visually impaired students.
11TH ANNUAL OK REGIONAL CANE QUEST
CONGRATULATIONS CONTESTANTS!
Trailblazer B1 Category
Gold Medal Kolten Pennington, Ada
Silver Medal Delilah Howell, Westville
Bronze Medal Lilith Pederson, Anadarko
Trailblazer B2 Category
Gold Medal Piper Conner, Perkins
Silver Medal Leah Sailors, Sand Springs
Bronze Medal Angel Cozort, Ketchum
Explorers B1 Category
Gold Medal Stephanie Glynn, Tulsa
Silver Medal Quante Sellers, Oklahoma City
Bronze Medal Hunter Pugh, Talala
Explorers B2 Category
Gold Medal Macey Millar, Muldrow
Silver Medal Kairi Husmann, Oklahoma City
Bronze Medal Elli Montgomery, Shady Point
Top Scouts
Justus Hoover, Alva
Blaze Calger, Duncan
Gabriella Henderson, Muskogee
Photos from top to bottom:
Group photo featuring contestants and volunteers on OSB Auditorium stage.
Leah Sailors, Piper Conner, and Stephanie Glynn in a group hug with their medals.
Kolten Pennington smiling widely with his gold medal.
Macey Millar holding up her gold medal.
Kairi Husmann, Elli Montgomery, Macey Millar, and Garrett Hillshafer in downtown Muskogee waiting to walk to their next station.
Cane Quest® is a challenging orientation and mobility program designed for students in grades 3-12.
This competition allows students who are blind or visually impaired, and use a long white cane, to demonstrate their orientation and mobility skills. Contestants are divided into 3 categories based on age and ability. They are also classified into 2 visual classifications.
- Scouts (grades 3-6) team up with an adult volunteer and earn coins as they navigate a route that demonstrates mastery of basic orientation and mobility skills and guide techniques. Students who do not qualify under B1 or B2 visual classifications may wear a sleep shade in order to compete as a B1 in the Scouts division.
- Explorers (grades 7-9) and Trailblazers (grades 10-12) contestants are given auditory instructions and are challenged to safely complete secret routes in their community using proper travel techniques and appropriate cane skills. Contestants are monitored at all times at the event by adult volunteers.
Visual Classifications
- B1: No light perception in either eye up to light perception, but inability to recognize the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction.
- B2: From ability to recognize the shape of a hand up to visual acuity of 20/600 and/or a visual field of less than 5 degrees in the best eye with the best practical eye correction.
Scouts exchange their collected coins for prizes. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded to Explorers and Trailblazers. All students receive a commemorative t-shirt and certificate for participating in a Quest.
Are you interested in being a contestant?
Please have your parent/guardian complete this contestant registration. If you do not attend OSB, your O&M specialist will need to complete an additional form describing your O&M skills.
Contestant application deadline is end of business Thursday, September 21, 2023.
Oklahoma Cane Quest Contestant Registration
Are you interested in volunteering?
Please contact Faye Miller by phone (918-781-8200)
or email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for a Volunteer Application.
Cane Quest is a program of Braille Institute. You can learn more about their regional programs here:
brailleinstitute.org/cane-quest