Dear Rishi, This is an awesome resource! Thank you so much for sharing it with the group. I just went through the contents of the document and was floored to see that so many topics were covered in this document.
Mohit and Fen, this document will surely address all your questions in regards to living with a visual impairment. It will also help me at the same time to adjust with my newly acquired disability. Thanks once again for sharing such a valuable resource. Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore, India -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rishi Kewalramani Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 10:51 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Applying toothpaste Contriversially ours Dear Mohit, smile. Appreciate your question. There is a good Self-Help Guide to Nonvisual Skills. The guide is designed for people who are wanting to learn of the many alternatives that exist to replace low or no vision. It could be just as useful, however, to people who still have functional vision, but who would find it easier to supplement with some nonvisual skills. Twenty-one categories of daily activities are recognized as important to independent living, and nearly all of the activities can be accomplished using senses other than sight. By identifying those senses and learning how to use them, we can find encouragement in knowing that our quality of life does not have to lessen due to vision loss. All of those categories are listed in a self-evaluation contained in the guide, along with activities specific to them. You are encouraged to use the checklist to identify areas where you could personally benefit from learning about alternatives to eyesight. Following the checklist, brief lessons are printed that relate to each of the areas of activity. These lessons introduce helpful devices, technology, software, and procedures that can help us maintain our quality of life. The ideas in the lessons are compilations of many of the ideas we have shared on the Internet over the years, supplemented with information provided by other professional resources. Your querry regarding applying tooth paste is also addressed in this guide. As we know, learning new ways of doing things requires tenacity and adaptability. Maintaining a high quality of life, however, is worth every effort. "The Self-Help Guide to Nonvisual Skills" can be accessed in PDF format by selecting this link: http://www.mdsupport.org/guide.pdf I hope you'll find this guide to be beneficial. And don't forget to enlighten me if you happen to creatively discover or invent some nonvisual skills of your own, smile. Take care, Cheers, Rishi. Water flows from a higher level to the lower levels. God's grace too is like that. It flows down to those who are bent with humility. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mohit Shah Shah" <mohit.shah...@gmail.com> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 4:53 PM Subject: [AI] Applying toothpaste > Hi all, > > I am back with another question. > Many of you might think that I ask these questions just for fun, but > trust me, I ask them because this is the best place for me to get real > and honest answers. > And I firmly believe that every visually impaired person has had these > questions in his/her mind at some point, but most of us are too shy to > ask such things openly. > > So, my question is this: How can I ensure that while applying > toothpaste on my brush, no squiggles of paste unintentionally get > dropped and make the whole place messy? > Also, how can I make sure that I've brushed my teeth properly and > correctly? > I have a strange and insane habit of brushing my teeth thrice to > ensure that nothing remains behind and everything gets covered. > This often leads to immense wastage of toothpaste and leaves behind > even more squiggles of paste. > So, please guide me in this matter. > > You can mail me off-list if you don't wanna talk about this publicly. > > Controversially yours, > Mohit > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
