[nagdu] Fw: Watch Dining in the dark, experiencing blindness

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Jewel,

Welcome!  And good points.  Learning to dine gracefully, especially in
public, was uncomfortable at first, although like you, I learned by going
out and doing things with friends who just didn't get uptight and insist on
helping me.  So I could think my way through things.  I was also a Rotarian
as my central vision really started fading out, so I got to face the
challenge of the buffet bar and of trying to pretend I was still cool and
stuff around people I wanted to impress.  /smile/  I put more pressure on
myself there, but it was still easy to figure out.

I've been "blind" as far as the loss of my central vision for about 4 years
now.  You make me feel like and old hand!  But continuing one's life while
learning the adaptive skills you need is a good way to go.  Keep it up!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Jewel S.
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:04 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Watch Dining in the dark, experiencing blindness

The article was not as bad as the video. I couldn't see it, of course,
but it sounded like a lot of sighted people blundering around and
almost sounded like making fun of blindness. Then there was the man
saying that you had to use at least one hand, because you had to feel
the food. This is a horrible thing to say, and will only make people
think that's all right for blind people to eat with their hands, the
poor dears. They don't realize that by touching the food with the
fork, blind people can tell the texture of the food, and where it is,
and can be sure of what it is by the smell. We don't, and shouldn't,
eat with even one hand! What a horrible comment!

And the people blundering around the table for the wineglass. Hello?
Why didn't they ask the waiter? Or have each person look "slow and
low" to find the bottle. It's because they weren't taught how to look
for the bottle, of course! I have been blind only about two years, and
finding things on the table is the simplest thing these days. I go to
a friend's house. She is almost totally blind, her daughter is totally
blind, and I have 3/350 vision in one eye only. We prepare dinner, set
the table, sit and eat, then make coffee with dessert, all without any
help from anyone sighted. It's not difficult, and these Dining in the
Dark fundraisers make it look like it is.

I don't like it one bit.

~Jewel

On 3/11/10, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Here is the link to the video cut and paste the link don't have to find
> start button.
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> Cheryl Echevarria
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:48 PM
> Subject: Watch Dining in the dark, experiencing blindness
>
>
>> Watch Dining in the dark, experiencing blindness
>>
>>
>> cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com wants to share this video with you:
>>
>> Dining in the dark, experiencing blindness
>>
>> Video:
>> (Mar. 10, 2010) [Joseph Garnett Jr. | tampabay.com] The Foundation
>> Fighting Blindness hosted Dining in the Dark as a sensory awareness
>> experience that creates a world without sight as participants dine in
>> complete darkness.
>
>>
http://www.tampabay.com/video/?bcpid=28597115001&bclid=0&bctid=71120980001
>>
>>
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