[nabs-l] access to appliances

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi all,

Now a days it seems like more flat pannels out there!  Many students live at home when not studying at college in the dorms.  For those of you in your own places, a question.

How have you made your appliances accessible?  All appliances are flat: microwaves, stoves, and ovens.  Dishwashers too.  These flat touch screens can be labeled so we can use them.  Stoves are another problem though.
I know there are talking microwaves.  Are there other talking appliances?  It would be neat to have a talking dishwasher so it could call out to you when your dishes were done!

Do you have stoves you can feel the burners?  Most stoves now have flat tops!  I was at Sears and another store and saw this.  I don't think a flat stove would be real safe.  I have one at home here and use my vision for it.  Its harder to center the pots.  When I could touch the burners I touched them before turning on the stove.  I centered the pot and then turned the stove on.  My point being flat stoves are not as accessible! 
When they started making flat stoves with flat burners they didn't think of low vision.  
I have tunnel vision.  The burners are not even a different color making it hard to see!  You can only see it after the stove is turned on and the burner turns a redish color from the heat.

Are there companies that have more accessible appliances than others?  If so, which ones? Any out there making the old type of stove where the burners were raised?
Just wondering what's out there.  If this is a problem, NFB should advocate for accessibility.

Ashley


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