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

[T. Joseph Carter]

I’m of two minds on this, perhaps I’m being overly sensitive.

First, there’s the notion of a seminar for preparing food without 
cooking it.  Where do I begin?  Let’s start with the seminar itself: 
Most sighted people would never expect a seminar to teach them how to 
follow a recipe.  Either you can or you don’t have the requisite 
skills to do it.  If you don’t have the skills, I’m not sure how a 60 
minute webcast is going to help you get them.  A list of recipes 
should suffice, and indeed our own Braille Monitor publishes recipes 
(though not often the no-cooking variety) with the assumption that 
fellow blind readers can follow them if they are so inclined.

Then there’s the no cooking aspect.  Inherently in this is the 
unavoidable assumption that the blind cannot or should not be cooking 
food.  Any of you who live alone doubtlessly have SOME food prep 
skill, even if you’ve never learned to "cook" as such, and your skill 
mostly consists of using a microwave and boiling water.

But as I said, perhaps I am being overly sensitive.  The seminar 
format could allow for suggestions for improving the recipes a bit 
(in which case an hour seems too short for more than maybe two or 
three recipes), so maybe that’s what they’ve got in mind.  Possibly 
the no-cook aspect has more to do with the idea that it’s summer and 
you don’t want to spend a lot of time in a hot kitchen—or that you 
would prefer cold foods to hot ones at this time of the year.  Or 
perhaps they are targeting this to college students who live on 
campus and don’t have the means to cook in any traditional way.

Or maybe, it’s because we’re blind.

Joseph - KF7QZC


On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 01:17:55PM -0500, David Andrews wrote:
>
>>
>>Seminars at Hadley Presents: NO COOK Cooking!
>>
>>Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
>>Time: 10 AM CDT, 15:00 GMT
>>
>>Keep your cool! It may be hot outside, but no need to get out of 
>>the kitchen. There are lots of NO COOK recipes to choose from 
>>whether preparing a simple, fast meal for yourself or something to 
>>impress guests.
>>
>>Panelists Patti Jacobson, Linn Sorge and Goldie Tarr will discuss 
>>their favorite NO COOK recipes, adding “cool” food preparation 
>>tips that work for the cook with a visual impairment.
>>
>>Moderator Dawn Turco will add a few of her favorites as we build a 
>>resource and recipe list during this 60 minute seminar. Consider 
>>adding your favorite recipe, too!
>>
>>Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know 
>>you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. To 
>>register for NO COOK Cooking! on July 20, follow this link: 
>>http://hadley.edu/seminar_detail.asp?sid=94
>>
>>Seminars at Hadley Presents: Going Ape for Apps-How New Accessible 
>>Apps for Your iDevice
>>
>>Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011
>>Time: 6 PM CDT, 23:00 GMT
>>
>>Apps for money identification, apps for GPS, apps for bar code 
>>reading, apps for color identification, and apps for games. If you 
>>have an idevice (iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch), you are bombarded 
>>with thousands of apps available for your device. Are you 
>>overwhelmed with the number of apps available for your idevice? Do 
>>you want to know more about the app before you download it to your 
>>device, such as features and accessibility? Are you confused about 
>>how to locate and download an app to your idevice?
>>
>>Join Seminars at Hadley as Hadley Instructor Amy Salmon and Korey 
>>Singleton, Assistive Technology Initiative Manager for George Mason 
>>University provide a list of the top accessible apps for your 
>>idevices, explain how to check an app for accessibility and 
>>features, and provide step-by-step instructions on how to locate 
>>and download an app to your idevice.
>>
>>This 60 minute open discussion seminar will be moderated by Hadley 
>>Outreach Coordinator Billy Brookshire. A question and answer 
>>session will be included as part of the seminar.
>>
>>Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know 
>>you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. To 
>>register for Going Ape for Apps on July 21, follow this link: 
>>http://hadley.edu/seminar_detail.asp?sid=95
>>
>>This message was sent to Dandrews at visi.com from:
>>The Hadley School for the Blind | 700 Elm St.  | Winnetka, IL 60093
>
>
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