[Blindtlk] Learning Daily Living Skills

Tue Jun 21 20:02:31 UTC 2011

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On 6/20/2011 7:07 PM, Gary Wunder wrote:
> Hello Humberto.  Without knowing the state where you live, I can't really
> answer too many of your questions, but I do want to take just a minute to
> tell you how much I admire the honesty that is figuring into your
> self-evaluation.  I know people who are twice as old as you who would use
> their age and the fact that they should know something as an excuse to lie
> about it, pretend that they do, or pretend that it really isn't important to
> them.  I think the problem isn't that sometimes we are ignorant but that
> sometimes we won't admit it and in our defensiveness refuse to learn.
>
> Having said this, I'm going to my daughter's wedding.  Normally I carry a
> hanging bag which means that I don't have to worry much about folding shirts
> and suit coats.  Given the fact that there are four of us traveling, we are
> going to try to use several larger suitcases and I'm afraid I'm going to
> have to get some tips on how to make a suit fit into a regular suitcase in
> such a way that it doesn't end up terribly wrinkled or, failing that, how to
> get the wrinkles out once there.  Wish me luck.
>
> If you would like to chat off list, perhaps I can help you get in touch with
> resources you don't know about for attending an NFB rehabilitation center.
> No promises-just a willingness to help.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Humberto Avila
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:18 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org; blindTlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Learning Daily Living Skills
>
> Hello fellow listers:
>
> As you know I've been really wanting to learn Daily Living and life skills.
> I am starting college in the fall and therefore I don't want to be living at
> home forever -- most college students my age are living in their dorms
> (including blind students). although my community college is not located far
> from home, learning daily living skills would be a plus for me and if I
> actually want to get a place of my own in the future I must be able to have
> life and daily living skills.
>
> the only glitch I'm facing, however, is my parents, especially my Mom. I
> have talked to them into teaching me how to do daily living tasks, yet when
> they are actually trying to teach me it gets sort of confusing and I can't
> really understand what they are teaching, and I don't really know whether
> the alternatives they teach me are the safest or most accessible. Like for
> example, one day my Dad and I were going to our nearby grocery store called
> "Fiesta foods" walking. I was using my cane and as we were walking my dad
> walked me through a bunch of gravel and rocks. was there a sidewalk I
> could've used? I don't know, but he said "this is the fastest way".
>
> but anyways, just like my teacher of the blind pointed out in my IEP
> post-secondary plan worksheet when I graduated, MY PARENTS STILL DO A
> TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FOR ME AND IF I'M TAUGHT THE SKILL I CAN SUCCEED.
>
> and... here I am, a 20-year-old who doesn't even know how to fold his
> clothes properly or wash them, go to the store and manage money and shopping
> by himself, and not knowing how to perform basic cooking tasks.
>
> I know how to wash dishes (I haven't learn to use a dishwasher), and I know
> how to vacuum, mop and clean the table (still * requiring lots of sighted
> assistance *)
>
> Unfortunately I can not afford going to an NFB training center or an
> orientation and training center at my home state [feel free to email me off
> list if you want to know exactly why].
> if I want to live productively and form a new family as well as get my own
> place, how would I go about explaining my parents (or even friends) to
> really teach me the skills I want to learn? Do I have to adapt to how they
> teach me? Are there any teacher of the blind that, for an affordable cost,
> can come to my house and teach me such skills. I really want your opinions.
> I don't want to end up getting my AA degree and after that move away and I
> have to ask people "Can you please do this for me?" plus, that would be
> embarrassing.
>
> thanks,
> Humberto
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