[nabs-l] living skills at home

[Cindy Bennett]

Oh, i do label things, i just said i didn't label things with unique packaging.

Cindy

On 5/2/10, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
> That's a good story.  I am the youngest of three children; muy brothers are
> older.  You were fortunate that your mom was like this.  My mother never had
> the patience to show me things.  My parents did most of the house work; so
> looking back my brothers didn't do many jobs either.  They often helped my
> father in the yard moe grass though.
>
> I'm glad to hear stories like yours.  Being taught how to take care of a
> home along with your siblings is the way it should be.  Then you aren't
> thrown into it as an adult having to learn so much at once.
>
> Early intervention people came to work with me but I think that was focussed
> on the basics such as my gross and fine motor skills.
>
> Cindy even though you keep your food in certain areas of the cabinents, many
> things feel alike such as canned fruits and vegetables and box mixes.  You
> must have a good memory to know what everything is!  That or some vision to
> read labels.
>
> Ashley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy Bennett" <clb5590 at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 7:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] living skills at home
>
>
>>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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