[nabs-l] living skills at home

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi Sara,
For fridge food I also go by smell and I can feel the difference in 
containers sometimes; the orange juice carton feels different than the milk 
one.  I also use my vision.  I don't think I'd label fridge food.  But 
freezer food feels similar and you can't smell it.  So I would need a 
labeling method for freezer items.

For the center, where was this?  Was the Bureau services a residential 
facility you stayed at?

Take care.
Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] living skills at home


> I've never labeled freezer food and fridge food I go by smell and taste 
> alone which is pretty interesting sometimes. I can't believe it's not 
> better is gross on a taco salad for instance.
>
> As to the center I learned a bit at the bureau services for the blind but 
> they shrugged me off with out worning and i had to buy my own stuff and 
> they would not reimburse me at all when I had to buy the mail eggs and 
> stuff I used to cook with.
>
> They sort of taught me how to label but they were not that helpful in that 
> regard and it did not help that the services here don't like the nfb or 
> the nfb canes much.
>
> Take care.
>
> S
> On May 2, 2010, at 4:06 PM, <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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