[Pibe-division] Hot Stoves- Blind or Sighted--Teaching Tricks

[Jaquiss, Robert]

Hello:

     When my wife and I lived in Louisiana, we had a house with a Bosch glasstop stove. I am totally blind and had no problem placing pans on the stove. With care, you can feel the heat from the burner area not covered by the pan.
For the oven, I prefer long oven mits. I obtained a pair from a restaurant supply store. These provide an extra measure of safety when working with an oven.

Regards,

Robert


Robert Jaquiss
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Phone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2422
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Bryan,
I do not know of wire guides, but I do know that if you turn on the stove and practice the hand hovering above the burner, you will be able to find center and place the pot accordingly. Takes a little practice, but you can get very good at it.
But, I will keep looking for something like that.

       Denise

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853     deniserob at gmail.com<mailto:deniserob at gmail.com>

http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/


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From: Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Hot Stoves- Blind or Sighted--Teaching Tricks
hi,

do you know of a wire guide like four circles in a square that may help with placing pots in the right spot?

Bryan Schulz
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I always think about the tricks I use for teaching the blind and realize almost all the same techniques work great for sighted too. How many sighted people have placed their hand on a burning stove? Yep, me too! LOL! We are a funny bunch of human beings.

As I take my students into the kitchen, the first thing we do is feel EVERYTHING with it off. They feel every burner, or flat cooking surface, all dials, open oven and pretty much almost climb inside. They need to feel every corner, racks, pull out and in, feel what they will need to clean on the bottom when something spills over. I relieve their fear on this immediately. Yes, food will spill over and YOU will have to clean it. They practice using oven-mitts while pulling the racks in and out of the oven. Then they practice with heavier dishes so they can get the idea of how much harder the rack is to pull out with weight on it. All with the stove off! Same thing for the burners, lifting different sizes and pans of water off and on the burners. story continued on http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/

       Denise

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853     deniserob at gmail.com<mailto:deniserob at gmail.com>

http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/

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