[nabs-l] Fwd: Reminder-Upcoming Seminars: NO COOK Cooking! andGoing Ape for Apps-Hot New Accessible Apps for Your iDevice

Thu Jul 21 23:33:51 UTC 2011

Amen=20to=20that,=20Gloria!

=20Chris

"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)

The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20visually=20impaired=20youth=20in=
=20
Maryland=20have=20the=20ability=20to=20confidently=20say=20"I=20can!"=20How=
?=20Click=20
on=20this=20link=20to=20learn=20more=20and=20to=20contribute:=20
www.icanfoundation.info=20or=20like=20us=20on=20Facebook=20at=20I=20C.A.N.=
=20=20
Foundation.

=20Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Gloria=20G"=20<gloria.graves at gmail.com
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Thu,=2021=20Jul=202011=2016:15:41=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Fwd:=20Reminder-Upcoming=20Seminars:=20NO=20COO=
K=20
Cooking!=20andGoing=20Ape=20for=20Apps-Hot=20New=20Accessible=20Apps=20for=
=20Your=20
iDevice

Hi,
I=20have=20just=20a=20couple=20of=20thoughts=20on=20the=20seminar=20on=20co=
oking=20that=20
occurred.=20=20I
just=20want=20to=20say=20I=20don't=20feel=20anyone=20meant=20any=20harm=20w=
hen=20
preparing=20the
seminar.=20=20I=20don't=20think=20it=20was=20meant=20to=20suggest=20that=20=
because=20
people=20are=20blind
their=20cooking=20skills=20are=20inadequate.=20=20I=20think=20it=20was=20ju=
st=20a=20
seasonal=20thing
and=20just=20a=20way=20to=20make=20things=20easier=20due=20to=20everyone's=
=20sometime=20
busy
schedules.=20=20I=20don't=20think=20we=20as=20blind=20people=20should=20tak=
e=20offense=20
to
everything=20that=20comes=20along,=20and=20I=20also=20read=20the=20comment=
=20where=20
someone=20said
members=20of=20the=20NFB=20do=20not=20like=20to=20use=20adaptive=20techniqu=
es=20
sometimes,=20but=20I
feel=20the=20reality=20for=20blind=20people=20is=20that=20we=20will=20have=
=20to=20use=20
adaptive
techniques=20to=20maintain=20our=20independence,=20so=20embrace=20it=20and=
=20keep=20
living.
Gloria
-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Arielle=20Silverman"=20<arielle71 at gmail.com
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Sent:=20Tuesday,=20July=2019,=202011=207:09=20PM
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Fwd:=20Reminder-Upcoming=20Seminars:=20NO=20COO=
K=20
Cooking!=20and
Going=20Ape=20for=20Apps-Hot=20New=20Accessible=20Apps=20for=20Your=20iDevi=
ce

Hi=20all,
To=20be=20fair=20to=20Hadley,=20I=20subscribe=20to=20a=20mainstream=20cooki=
ng=20
E-newsletter=20(
busycooks.about.com
)=20and=20this=20week's=20issue=20was=20all=20about=20no-cook=20recipes,=20=
frozen
desserts,=20and=20other=20ways=20to=20stay=20cool=20in=20the=20kitchen=20du=
ring=20the
summer.=20=20So=20I=20think=20this=20is=20just=20a=20seasonal=20thing.
By=20the=20way,=20I=20would=20highly=20recommend=20the=20BusyCooks=20websit=
e,=20
especially
if=20you=20are=20just=20learning=20to=20cook.=20=20They=20have=20a=20lot=20=
of=20great
five-ingredient=20recipes=20(which=20save=20money=20as=20well=20as=20time)=
=20and=20
other
cooking=20shortcuts.

Arielle

On=207/19/11,=20bookwormahb at earthlink.net=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20
wrote:
=20Joeseph,
=20Actually,=20I=20found=20this=20fine.=20=20I=20want=20to=20attend=20a=20h=
adley=20webinar=20=20
but=20that
=20time=20doesn't=20work=20for=20me.
=20Maybe=20they=20are=20archived;=20the=20wording=20of=20it=20says=20its=20=
summer=20and=20
they=20want
=20to
=20talk=20about=20food=20prep=20that=20doesn't=20require=20a=20hot=20kitche=
n.
=20Also=20it=20says=20whether
=20you=20are=20preparing=20for=20yourself=20or=20to=20impress=20guests.
=20So=20therefore=20they=20are=20assuming=20that=20you=20will=20prepare=20f=
or=20
yourself,=20family
=20or
=20friends;=20whatever=20you=20need=20to=20do.
=20Hadley=20targets=20many=20many=20people=20including=20teachers=20of=20th=
e=20blind=20
and
=20visually
=20impaired;=20newly=20blind=20adults=20and=20those=20blind=20from=20birth.=

=20I=20take=20it=20that=20this=20is=20an=20overview=20of=20cooking=20ideas=
=20and=20
recipies.=20=20Its
=20probably=20something=20basic=20that=20most=20could=20follow=20from=20the=
=20novice=20
cook=20to
=20the
=20advanced=20cook=20who=20wants=20something=20simple.
=20I=20didn't=20find=20it=20offensive=20at=20all;=20I=20think=20we=20read=20=
more=20into=20
things
=20sometimes.=20=20It=20does=20say=20they=20will=20discuss
=20tips=20for=20people=20with=20visual=20impairments;=20I=20know=20NFB=20pe=
ople=20don't=20
like
=20adaptive=20techniques=20sometimes,=20so=20you=20can=20take=20it=20or=20l=
eave=20it.=20=20
But
=20we=20do=20need=20adaptive=20techniques=20and=20a=20newly=20blind=20perso=
n=20may=20not=20
know=20what
=20to
=20do.
=20Many=20blind=20cooks=20use=20a=20tray=20or=20something=20to=20put=20thei=
r=20=20pots=20and=20
pans=20and
=20bowls=20on=20while=20preparing=20food=20so=20any=20spills=20fall=20on=20=
the=20tray=20and=20
its
=20easier
=20to=20clean=20up.=20=20Some=20blind=20people=20use=20liquid=20level=20ind=
icators=20=20to=20
know
=20when=20their=20cup=20is=20full=20of=20the=20desired=20liquid.=20=20More=
=20often=20people=20
use=20a
=20finger
=20to=20fill=20the=20bowl/cup=20or=20judge=20by=20sound.=20=20But=20for=20t=
hose=20who=20can't=20
or=20don't
=20want=20to=20use=20their=20finger,=20the=20liquid=20level=20indicator
=20is=20an=20option.
=20We=20often=20use=20the=20sense=20of=20touch=20instead=20of=20seeing=20to=
=20know=20the=20
consistency
=20of
=20food=20and=20keep=20tabs=20on=20what=20we=20are=20doing.
=20So=20those=20are=20adaptive=20techniques.=20=20Anyone=20may=20want=20sim=
ple=20cold=20
food
=20recipies;=20Hadley=20just=20decided=20to=20target=20it=20to=20blind=20pe=
ople.
=20However=20I=20do=20agree=20a=20sixty=20minute=20seminar=20is=20too=20sho=
rt=20to=20cover=20
such=20a
=20topic.=20=20But=20I=20guess=20that=20is=20all=20the=20time=20they=20had.=
=20=20Well,=20anyone=20
who
=20attends
=20can=20judge=20afterward.

=20Ashley

=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20T.=20=20Joseph=20Carter
=20Sent:=20Tuesday,=20July=2019,=202011=203:10=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Fwd:=20Reminder-Upcoming=20Seminars:=20NO=20=
COOK=20
Cooking!
=20and
=20Going=20Ape=20for=20Apps-Hot=20New=20Accessible=20Apps=20for=20Your=20iD=
evice

=20I=92m=20of=20two=20minds=20on=20this,=20perhaps=20I=92m=20being=20overly=
=20sensitive.

=20First,=20there=92s=20the=20notion=20of=20a=20seminar=20for=20preparing=20=
food=20
without
=20cooking=20it.=20=20Where=20do=20I=20begin?=20=20Let=92s=20start=20with=20=
the=20seminar=20
itself:
=20Most=20sighted=20people=20would=20never=20expect=20a=20seminar=20to=20te=
ach=20them=20
how=20to
=20follow=20a=20recipe.=20=20Either=20you=20can=20or=20you=20don=92t=20have=
=20the=20requisite
=20skills=20to=20do=20it.=20=20If=20you=20don=92t=20have=20the=20skills,=20=
I=92m=20not=20sure=20how=20
a=2060
=20minute=20webcast=20is=20going=20to=20help=20you=20get=20them.=20=20A=20l=
ist=20of=20recipes
=20should=20suffice,=20and=20indeed=20our=20own=20Braille=20Monitor=20publi=
shes=20
recipes
=20(though=20not=20often=20the=20no-cooking=20variety)=20with=20the=20assum=
ption=20
that
=20fellow=20blind=20readers=20can=20follow=20them=20if=20they=20are=20so=20=
inclined.

=20Then=20there=92s=20the=20no=20cooking=20aspect.=20=20Inherently=20in=20t=
his=20is=20the
=20unavoidable=20assumption=20that=20the=20blind=20cannot=20or=20should=20n=
ot=20be=20
cooking
=20food.=20=20Any=20of=20you=20who=20live=20alone=20doubtlessly=20have=20SO=
ME=20food=20prep
=20skill,=20even=20if=20you=92ve=20never=20learned=20to=20"cook"=20as=20suc=
h,=20and=20your=20
skill
=20mostly=20consists=20of=20using=20a=20microwave=20and=20boiling=20water.

=20But=20as=20I=20said,=20perhaps=20I=20am=20being=20overly=20sensitive.=20=
=20The=20seminar
=20format=20could=20allow=20for=20suggestions=20for=20improving=20the=20rec=
ipes=20a=20
bit
=20(in=20which=20case=20an=20hour=20seems=20too=20short=20for=20more=20than=
=20maybe=20two=20
or
=20three=20recipes),=20so=20maybe=20that=92s=20what=20they=92ve=20got=20in=
=20mind.=20=20
Possibly
=20the=20no-cook=20aspect=20has=20more=20to=20do=20with=20the=20idea=20that=
=20it=92s=20summer=20
and
=20you=20don=92t=20want=20to=20spend=20a=20lot=20of=20time=20in=20a=20hot=20=
kitchen=97or=20that=20
you
=20would=20prefer=20cold=20foods=20to=20hot=20ones=20at=20this=20time=20of=
=20the=20year.=20=20
Or
=20perhaps=20they=20are=20targeting=20this=20to=20college=20students=20who=
=20live=20on
=20campus=20and=20don=92t=20have=20the=20means=20to=20cook=20in=20any=20tra=
ditional=20way.

=20Or=20maybe,=20it=92s=20because=20we=92re=20blind.

=20Joseph=20-=20KF7QZC

=20On=20Tue,=20Jul=2019,=202011=20at=2001:17:55PM=20-0500,=20David=20Andrew=
s=20wrote:

Seminars at Hadley=20Presents:=20NO=20COOK=20Cooking!

Date:=20Wednesday,=20July=2020,=202011
Time:=2010=20AM=20CDT,=2015:00=20GMT

Keep=20your=20cool!=20It=20may=20be=20hot=20outside,=20but=20no=20need=20to=
=20get=20out=20of=20
the
kitchen.=20=20There=20are=20lots=20of=20NO=20COOK=20recipes=20to=20choose=20=
from=20
whether
preparing=20a=20simple,=20fast=20meal=20for=20yourself=20or=20something=20t=
o=20
impress
guests.

Panelists=20Patti=20Jacobson,=20Linn=20Sorge=20and=20Goldie=20Tarr=20will=20=
discuss=20
their
favorite=20NO=20COOK=20recipes,=20adding=20=E2=80=9Ccool=E2=80=20=20food=20=
preparation=20tips=20
that
work=20for=20the=20cook=20with=20a=20visual=20impairment.

Moderator=20Dawn=20Turco=20will=20add=20a=20few=20of=20her=20favorites=20as=
=20we=20build=20
a
resource=20and=20recipe=20list=20during=20this=2060=20minute=20seminar.=20=
=20Consider=20
adding
your=20favorite=20recipe,=20too!

Space=20in=20this=20seminar=20is=20limited.=20=20Please=20only=20register=20=
if=20you=20
know=20you
are

available=20to=20attend=20so=20that=20others=20are=20not=20closed=20out.=20=
=20To=20
register=20for=20NO
COOK=20Cooking!=20on=20July=2020,=20follow=20this=20link:
http://hadley.edu/seminar_detail.asp?sid=3D94

Seminars at Hadley=20Presents:=20Going=20Ape=20for=20Apps-How=20New=20Accessib=
le=20
Apps=20for
Your=20iDevice

Date:=20Thursday,=20July=2021,=202011
Time:=206=20PM=20CDT,=2023:00=20GMT

Apps=20for=20money=20identification,=20apps=20for=20GPS,=20apps=20for=20bar=
=20code=20
reading,
apps=20for=20color=20identification,=20and=20apps=20for=20games.=20=20If=20=
you=20have=20
an=20idevice
(iPhone,=20iPad=20or=20iPod=20Touch),=20you=20are=20bombarded=20with=20thou=
sands=20of=20
apps
available=20for=20your=20device.=20=20Are=20you=20overwhelmed=20with=20the=
=20number=20
of=20apps
available=20for=20your=20idevice?=20Do=20you=20want=20to=20know=20more=20ab=
out=20the=20
app=20before
you=20download=20it=20to=20your=20device,=20such=20as=20features=20and=20
accessibility?=20Are
you=20confused=20about=20how=20to=20locate=20and=20download=20an=20app=20to=
=20your=20
idevice?

Join=20Seminars at Hadley=20as=20Hadley=20Instructor=20Amy=20Salmon=20and=20Ko=
rey=20
Singleton,
Assistive=20Technology=20Initiative=20Manager=20for=20George=20Mason=20
University
provide=20a=20list=20of=20the=20top=20accessible=20apps=20for=20your=20idev=
ices,=20
explain=20how
to=20check=20an=20app=20for=20accessibility=20and=20features,=20and=20provi=
de=20
step-by-step
instructions=20on=20how=20to=20locate=20and=20download=20an=20app=20to=20yo=
ur=20
idevice.

This=2060=20minute=20open=20discussion=20seminar=20will=20be=20moderated=20=
by=20
Hadley
Outreach=20Coordinator=20Billy=20Brookshire.=20=20A=20question=20and=20answ=
er=20
session=20will
be=20included=20as=20part=20of=20the=20seminar.

Space=20in=20this=20seminar=20is=20limited.=20=20Please=20only=20register=20=
if=20you=20
know=20you
are

available=20to=20attend=20so=20that=20others=20are=20not=20closed=20out.=20=
=20To=20
register=20for
Going=20Ape=20for=20Apps=20on=20July=2021,=20follow=20this=20link:
http://hadley.edu/seminar_detail.asp?sid=3D95

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