[nabs-l] living skills at home

[Sarah Alawami]

bereau services in nevada does not have a center. I went to the lcb finily witht he nevada services kicking and screaming the whole time.
 Take care.
On May 3, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:

> 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
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> 
>> 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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