[Blindtlk] Making our home comfortable for sighted folks

[Jim Portillo]

Actually, some of the changes I want to make will work well for me, as my TV
idea would benefit me in that I'd be able to run more things like a DVD
player, VCR, etc, with fewer remotes.  Also, I've wanted a recliner for a
long time, and we'd have to move things anyway in order to make it fit.
Finally, as a very very amateur musician, this is a great space for getting
together with friends and having jam sessions.  My music partners also
rehearse here because of the space and because it's local and available.
So, I'm not just doing it for the sighted folks that are here.  I did,
however, begin thinking about how they accommodate to me in ways and perhaps
I could do the same to a small degree.
Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:33 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Making our home comfortable for sighted folks

I'm totally blind and so is my husband. Our son is sighted so we are use to
trying to make our home comfortable for both. I think the lines can be drawn
at safety issues for the blind individual. I donnnn't have a hd tv. Our son
doesn't think it is a big deal. My appliances are labeled and he can still
run them. Furniture is placed so that people can watch tv but that also had
to work in the design of the room. I wouldn't make extravagant changes for
the sake of sight alone and if people are there infrequently or almost never
I wouldn't do it at all.

Sheila Leiglan	d

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