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

Thu Jul 21 21:15:41 UTC 2011

Hi,
I have just a couple of thoughts on the seminar on cooking that occurred. I 
just want to say I don't feel anyone meant any harm when preparing the 
seminar. I don't think it was meant to suggest that because people are blind 
their cooking skills are inadequate. I think it was just a seasonal thing 
and just a way to make things easier due to everyone's sometime busy 
schedules. I don't think we as blind people should take offense to 
everything that comes along, and I also read the comment where someone said 
members of the NFB do not like to use adaptive techniques sometimes, but I 
feel the reality for blind people is that we will have to use adaptive 
techniques to maintain our independence, so embrace it and keep living.
Gloria
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fwd: Reminder-Upcoming Seminars: NO COOK Cooking! and 
Going Ape for Apps-Hot New Accessible Apps for Your iDevice

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

Arielle

On 7/19/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Joeseph,
> Actually, I found this fine. I want to attend a hadley webinar  but that
> time doesn't work for me.
> Maybe they are archived; the wording of it says its summer and they want 
> to
> talk about food prep that doesn't require a hot kitchen.
> Also it says whether
> you are preparing for yourself or to impress guests.
> So therefore they are assuming that you will prepare for yourself, family 
> or
> friends; whatever you need to do.
> Hadley targets many many people including teachers of the blind and 
> visually
> impaired; newly blind adults and those blind from birth.
> I take it that this is an overview of cooking ideas and recipies. Its
> probably something basic that most could follow from the novice cook to 
> the
> advanced cook who wants something simple.
> I didn't find it offensive at all; I think we read more into things
> sometimes. It does say they will discuss
> tips for people with visual impairments; I know NFB people don't like
> adaptive techniques sometimes, so you can take it or leave it. But
> we do need adaptive techniques and a newly blind person may not know what 
> to
> do.
> Many blind cooks use a tray or something to put their  pots and pans and
> bowls on while preparing food so any spills fall on the tray and its 
> easier
> to clean up. Some blind people use liquid level indicators  to know
> when their cup is full of the desired liquid. More often people use a 
> finger
> to fill the bowl/cup or judge by sound.  But for those who can't or don't
> want to use their finger, the liquid level indicator
> is an option.
> We often use the sense of touch instead of seeing to know the consistency 
> of
> food and keep tabs on what we are doing.
> So those are adaptive techniques.  Anyone may want simple cold food
> recipies; Hadley just decided to target it to blind people.
> However I do agree a sixty minute seminar is too short to cover such a
> topic. But I guess that is all the time they had.  Well, anyone who 
> attends
> can judge afterward.
>
> Ashley
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: T. Joseph Carter
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:10 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fwd: Reminder-Upcoming Seminars: NO COOK Cooking! 
> and
> Going Ape for Apps-Hot New Accessible Apps for Your iDevice
>
> 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 â€œcoolâ€  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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