[blparent] Teaching society about blindness- using knives

[Tay Laurie]

That's very true about using Jaws is more efficient. I can find my place on 
a page a bit quicker than having to scroll down five or six pages, 
especially in Wikipedia.
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From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: [blparent] Teaching society about blindness- using knives


>I completely agree. I've never "feared" knives, and again, I didn't lose
> my sight until eight years ago. And I find many things to be more
> efficient nonvisually. Just last night I told a friend that should I
> ever get vision back, I would still use JAWS for most things computer
> related since there's so much visual stimulation especially online. I
> remember being sighted and constantly distracted by all the visual stuff
> "thrown" at you online. I often navigate around on my computer quicker
> than a lot of sighted people I know because of this very reason.
>
> 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
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:15:29 -0600
> From: "Jennifer Jackson" <jennifersjackson at att.net>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching society about blindness
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> "I still have just enough sight to be able to use sharp knives"
>
> Your own biases are showing here. :) You have made some good points in
> this post and I hope you do not think this is the only thing I have
> taken from your response. It is just that I have been totally blind
> since 1987 and I use knives regularly. Depending on how much vision you
> have, you may find that you are able to move faster with a knife if you
> give up trying to use your vision for the task.
>
>
> Jennifer
>
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