[Fabs] Home Living Skills

[Miranda Kilby]

Greetings Helga,
I believe what Avita has told you is very helpful advice. I also will add when making a cuppa coffee pour the coffee over the sink into your cup or over A trey. This allows for easier cleanup in case of a spill. Also, the main thing and all of the questions youask are  practice. The more you practice the more you will learn how to do the task more quickly, More efficient, and with ease. I hope one day you were able to go to either the center here in Florida, Daytona Beach, or to one ofThe NFB centers. In the centers you learn how to be in independent person. So, whenever your ready check out one of those centers and see if it will help you grow to the person you want to be

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> On Mar 18, 2015, at 7:35 PM, Avita Morgan via Fabs <fabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good evening Helga
> I am so late but I was wondering if anyone responded to your email.
> The independent living skills that you are asking about are so important
> and though you no longer have your sight, you are still capable of
> accomplishing these task. Because I still have a lot of usable vision I may
> not be the perfect person to give advice but through my program at Florida
> state I do have a few suggestions that I can give you.
> 1) Add tactile labels to appliances. This is a simple fix that I use
> myself. For example you can add something to the coffee maker that shows
> where the button or switch is located that will start the process. Also you
> can put a rubber band on the coffee jar so you can easily identify which
> jar is coffee from other jars in the cabinet.
> 2) complete tasks such as cleaning and ironing in section using a grid
> pattern. For example when cleaning the tub, start scrubbing at one corner
> and gradually move towards the opposite corner. Then move down and repeat
> process.
> Let me know if you find these suggestion helpful. I hope this make sense.
> If not let me know and I'll try to do better.
> Take care
> 
> Avita Morgan
> 
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Helga Schreiber via Fabs <fabs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone! How are you all? I just wanted to ask you some questions,
>> specially to the girls in the list! I don't know if the subject line goes
>> along with these questions, but if it doesn't just let me know ok? As you
>> all know, I'm totally blind, how can a totally bling person prepare a cup
>> of coffee, iron her own clothes,  bacume her own house, and clean her home
>> bathroom in an easy way? In other words, how can a blind person do all
>> thoese things without any problem? I'm just wondering since i would like to
>> learn how to do it. I know that perhaps, some of you are wondering whay I'm
>> asking you all these questions, but I just would like to become more
>> independent in my own house since i actually lost my sight when i was 16
>> years old, and i use to do things when i was low vision, but when someone
>> is totally blind it is actually a little more difficult to do thins! At
>> least, I think it is! If you prefer you can write me in private. My contact
>> information is located below! I know that these questions are some of many,
>> but i will like to start with something guys! Thanks os much for listening
>> to me! Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks so much and God bless! :)
>> 
>> Helga Schreiber
>> 
>> Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter.
>> Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of
>> Blind Students.
>> Member of the International Networkers Team (INT).
>> Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research.
>> Phone:  (561) 706-5950
>> Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com
>> Skype: helga.schreiber26
>> 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx
>> INT Website: http://int4life.com/
>> 
>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
>> whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
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