[blparent] Accessible Appliances

[Veronica Smith]

Funny story, I might have told you all this before. When my mother was still
mobile, she put stickers on her microwave, I think mostly for my dad who had
Altz Heimers.  The stickers were round and she put numbers on them, 1, 2, 3,
4.. Cook time, the number one, the minute button and the start button.
Anyway, you get the picture.  Well after my dad passed away many years ago,
no one took off the stickers.  I could feel them and thus warm things up.
Well when my mother got her caregivers, the stickers bugged them and one day
I came over and the stickers were missing.  I inquired about them and the
caregiver said they were an eye sore.  I told them they were there so I
could use the microwave.  Anyway we got a big laugh. We ended up putting
scotchtape on the numbers in the same pattern. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:42 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Accessible Appliances


        Our dishwasher that has a touchpad I just put those sticker dots on.

The oven, we had to put three or four thicknesses of plastic on but it still

doesn't work well because its still too sensitive.  If you contact GE you 
can get labels for their microwaves--I think you still can.
Barbara

A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to 
hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.

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From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:18 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent]  Accessible Appliances

> Hi -- happy holidays everyone.  Turns out that we will be replacing 
> several
> major appliances -- washer, dryer, dishwasher -- very soon.  For many 
> years,
> we have simply muddled through, but I'd like to be smart about purchasing
> equipment that either of us can use.  My sweety can see, and I've always
> been able to get by in a pinch, but a lot of new appliances have touchpad
> controls which might be a challenge.  Surely this is an issue that many
> blind people have faced.  Wonder if anyone publishes something like a
> Consumer Reports for accessibility of common household appliances.  If 
> there
> are other lists/resources devoted to this topic, I'd appreciate a pointer.
> A couple of weeks ago, I posted a question about how to deal with a 
> diabetic
> partner and got steered to an excellent resource -- thanks.
>
> Best wishes to all,
>
> --Robert
>
>
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