[Blindtlk] Home Management Skills

[Kelby Carlson]

Hey, everybody.

What I'm about to ask is probably going to sound hopelessly 
vague, so it's okay if you can't answer it easily.  I'm about to 
graduate my high school and want to assess myself before college.  
Right now I'm thinking specifically of general "life skills" or 
as my vision program calls them "independent living skills".  I 
can do a lot of basic things: grooming, folding money, getting 
myself meals (although our oven isn't brailled so it's usually 
the microwave), do the dishes, vacuum, do laundry, etc.  Now some 
of these skills aren't used a lot (my mom does most of the 
family's laudry) but I don't doubt they'll get better in college.  
What are some of the basic things I should know about or know how 
to do, and should my parents be able to teach them to me? (My 
parents have very high expectations of me and know how to equip 
me with skills.) Any general suggestions here would be 
appreciated.