[nfb-talk] Making Our Homes Comfortable and Accessible to Blind Folks

[d m gina]

I have our home comfortable for us, if there are changes to be made 
they are for us.
Now I do turn on lights in the winter time, for a bird clock to work.
this also helps sighted when they come, but this is for me.
Tv We can turn on the TV turn down the volume if we wish and have the 
sound come threw the stario and the picture is on the tv.
If a sighted person were living here, that would be different, since 
they don't then I make my home comfortable for us.
If they can't adjust then they can pay their own hotel.

Original message:
> Hi there,



> Here's a question that I guess could also be somewhat philosophical in that
> it will make us think about how we deal with and interact with sighted
> people.



> As blind folks, do you think we have a responsibility to not only make our
> homes comfortable and accessible for us and the folks with whom we live, but
> also to sighted folks?

> I've heard comments in the past that basically say that since it's a blind
> person's home, then the only thing that should be of concern is that things
> are comfortable and accessible for the blind person.



> I've been thinking a lot about this over a long period of time.  I have some
> friends that come over, and one in particular who stays in my guest room
> when he's in town, and when all of that happens, I'm the only blind person
> around.  All of a sudden, I begin to think about lights and the amount of
> light in a room.  I begin thinking of making sure that appliances that are
> labeled in Braille are done using clear tape so that they can also use them.
> I even began thinking of the layout of my living room and how one of my
> friends finally said that it was uncomfortable to do things like watch TV or
> watch movies, because of how my furniture and TV are placed.  People have to
> face sideways to be able to watch TV.  And, my TV is so old that it doesn't
> support or have HD capabilities.



> I began wondering about the importance of a blind person having an
> aesthetically or visually appealing house, not only for himself but also for
> the sighted friends and family that come to visit.  Are we being selfish by
> not considering these things, or should sighted company learn to live with
> how we have things and deal with them?



> I'm beginning to think that if I care about my friends and family, then I
> should do something to make them feel comfortable in a place where they
> spend quite a bit of time.  But then, where does one draw the line?



> Anyway, hope you don't mind the question.  Just curious what other blind
> folks (especially those who are totally blind) think.

> Thanks,

> Jim





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