[Ct-nfb] Question

[Nathanael T. Wales]

Deb,

You've gotten many, many great suggestions.  I'd recommend learning some of
the access technology, white cane, and also Braille using blindfolds
(sleepshades) most of the time.  If BESB is going to give you O&M, for
example--and we learned at the board meeting we need to demand it so they
don't leave vacant O&M positions unfilled--insist that most of your
instruction be under blindfold.

Nathanael


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Hi Deb,
I have RP so I lost my vision slowly. Here are a few things I did while I
had some usable vision left :
1. Got a cane as soon as I could. It helped me "see" more than I really did.
2. Streamlined my wardrobe: Black, Navy, gray and denim for skirts and
pants. Got tops that I could use with any of the bottoms. Also, I can't do
braille (I'm told I am a scrubber, can't pick up dot 3 and 6) So I use
safety pins in different combos to tell me colors.
3. I streamlined the cleaning products in my house. Each product is in a
totally different type of container that I can pretty much touch the
container and know what it is.
4. Got a "friend pen" to label my spices. I also found a new app called
SeeingAI which is free for now. It can find the bar code on products and
tell me what it is and any cooking directions. It also reads documents and
short text easily.
5. I found the biggest help was to DE clutter while I could (I wasn't as
good as I should have been with this). Organize as much as you can, it will
keep you from being frustrated with not seeing like you did before.
6.When people offer to help, take them up on it. If you keep saying no, they
will stop offering and we all need help sometimes.
7. This is the most important! Be kind to yourself. Find something that you
can do alone that gives you peace.
I had the hardest time giving up the last of my vision. It got to the point
that trying to see took up so much energy that I had no energy  left to do
things. I gave up trying to see and decided to "Walk by faith, not by
sight".
I hope this helps.
Good Luck and God Bless.
Joanna
-----Original Message-----
From: Deb Reed via CT-NFB
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 5:59 PM
To: ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
Cc: Deb Reed
Subject: [Ct-nfb] Question

Hi Everyone,
I still have some usable vision, but have recently lost some. What things
that you use as a blind person, would be advantageous for me to learn while
I still have some vision? Thanks.

Deb Reed, President
National Federation Of The Blind
Central CT Chapter
Phone - 860-973-3679
Email - deb.reed57 at gmail.com
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