[nabs-l] access to appliances

[clinton waterbury]

Actually...  I've used a flat-top stove before, the only thing I had  
to do is turn on the burner I wanted to use and then just put my hand  
over the pot.  Not directly on it, bt just where I could feel the heat  
from the burner and if it felt centered with the pot, I was good.  I  
would determin this by moving my hand in a circle around the pot.
On May 25, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:

> 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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