[nabs-l] living skills at home

[Cindy Bennett]

I keep my food in certain aries of the refridgerator and cabinets, and
my roommates know this, and they have done well with not moving it
around. I do not label things with unique packaging, but a labeler is
great for this.

My mom started early with helping me with things. Everyone in my
family knew how to help me though, it wasn't just her, and i was
always expected to do as much as my brother and sister chores wise, so
when i needed to learn something new they just taught me.

Early intervention teachers did come to my house when i was young and
helped my parents get started, and before that they didn't know what
to do, so i am very thankful they were able to get help early.

I think it is sad that many eye doctor's offices refuse to connect
blind people or parents of blind children with blindness organizations
or other blind people they know. I understand confidentiality, but
these rules were not around when i was younger, so my early
intervention specialist connected my mom with the nfb, and she was
able to meet several successful blind adults which really helped my
family to not limit me.

Cindy

On 5/2/10, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Obtaining living skills is real important to our success.  I went to our
> state's center which seemed to have high expectations and some blind
> instructors.  I am still developing my skills in cooking though.  We got
> that class three times a week.
>
> I know many of you went to NFB centers at one point or another, but I'm sure
> some of your instruction came at home.  You might have had a willing parent
> or family member show you tasks and then you helped with chores or dinner or
> maybe you had a rehab teacher come to your home and learned that way.
>
> I read articles from Future reflections about parents needing to be involved
> and teaching their kids such as the article "Chore Wars" or "Parents: a
> blind child's first mobility teacher".
> I came from a protective family but as I got older and my dad got involved
> with NFB and I also got more assertive I got to do a little more around
> here.  I had a few rehab teachers come to my home too.  This was as a teen.
> They were good.  I got my microwave and oven labeled and the laundry
> machines.  I got some basics down from them like how to do laundry,
> labeling, and how to clean some areas.
>
> So what skills did you learn at home?  Who taught you table skills?  This
> was done for me at school by teachers of the vision impaired and a rehab
> teacher showed me a few things too.  I was curious where you got some of
> your skills from because even if you attend a center of any kind they can't
> teach you everything.
>
> Also, what techniques work for you to label food items?  Dimo tape works for
> dry items such as cans and boxes.  But I wonder about the refrigerator and
> freezer food.
>
> Ashley
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