[blparent] Eating when blind

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

I actually don't understand this because I was fully sighted until 22,
then within a year, was essentially totally blind from a viral
infection, then was not able to go to a training center for almost
another year because I was still recovering from my illness. Eating was
never a problem. I didn't even stop to consider if I could wield
utensils or "practice" doing it. In fact, cooking wasn't an issue
either. I just went into the kitchen one day and started making stuff,
problem solving as I went along. I say all this not to act superior or
something, but to say I truly don't understand how something like eating
could be a difficult task, and yes, I know others myself who have done
the same thing. There was no "adjustment" in terms of using utensils
when I lost my sight, and certainly no food in the hair, grin!

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:31:16 -0700
From: "Tay Laurie" <j.t.laurie at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching society about blindness
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Y'know, I haven't gotten questions like that, except from my
garndparents 
who took me in as a kid, they wanted to know how I ate and didn't stuff
the 
fork up my nose. So I told them to close their eyes and try it. My 
grandfather ended up with mashed potatoes in his hair. I guess it takes 
getting used to the spacial difference by touch rather than sight.