White Cane Days

Each year, I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi is authorized and requested to publicly proclaim the second Saturday and Sunday of April as White Cane Safety Days. I Maga’håga/Maga’låhi shall issue a proclamation in which:

(a)Comments are made upon the significance of White Cane Safety Days;

(b)Residents of Guam are called upon to observe the provisions of 19 GCA §§ 2114-2120 relative to the rights of visually handicapped persons and to take precautions necessary for the safety of disabled persons;

(c)Residents of Guam be reminded of the policies with respect to disabled persons declared in them.

(d)Emphasis shall be made on the need of the residents to be aware of the presence of disabled persons in the community and to keep safe and functional for the disabled the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and resort, and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance to disabled persons upon appropriate occasions.

(e)It is the policy of Guam to encourage and enable blind persons, visually handicapped persons, and other physically disabled persons to participate fully in the social and economic life of Guam and to engage in remunerative employment.