[Ct-nfb] Question

[stanley torow]

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:46 AM, jobo15--- via CT-NFB wrote:

> 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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