Yes I have a tvi. i got my bn from my school and tought myself to use it. On 1/24/12, jill o'connell <jillo...@verizon.net> wrote: > Jessica, Are you being mainstreamed? Who taught you to use your > BrailleNote and who provided it? Did you have a TVI (teacher of > the visually impaired) I also use a BrailleNote. Do you have > speech, braille or both? I hope we are able to help you without > invading your privacy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: jessica <jessicabrown...@gmail.com > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Date sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:20:36 -0800 > Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food > > I am ambidextrous. > > sent from my BrailleNote > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Rivard" <wee1s...@fidnet.com > To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Date sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:43:41 -0600 > Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food > > Another thought I just had is this, and I should have thought of > it before. > People say to put the knife in the right hand and the fork in the > left. I > could not do this, even though people may insist that this is the > correct > way to do it. The majority of people are right handed, so they > put the > knife in their right hand. Are you left handed, like me? > Switching their > instructions to fit your needs makes all the difference in the > world. For > example, I've been playing the guitar since 1968, but there's no > way I can > play one that is strung for a left handed person who fingers the > fret board > and making the chords with their right hand, because I've been > doing it with > my left hand for so long.. > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Hall" <mehg...@gmail.com > To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 6:42 PM > Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food > > > I'm coming in late here, I know. > I generally use my fork, in my left hand, to find the meat. I > then > find an edge or corner, move in a bit to approximate a bite-sized > piece, then put the fork into the meat so the back is facing the > rest > of the meat, the tines facing outward, the handle straight up or > tilted away from the rest of the meat. I then move the knife to > the > back of the fork and cut down, using the fork as a guide. If the > piece > is too big, which you can tell either by using the knife or fork > to > "feel" it or by judging the weight once you have it on the fork, > just > cut it in half by using the same fork/knife trick as above. > > For anything I put a topping on, like pancakes, there is no > question: > cut it first, then add what you want on top. I usually cut the > item in > half (or as close to half as I can get), then rotate the plate > ninety > degrees and cut in half again. I now have four quarters that I > can > concentrate on one at a time. Of course, I usually end up with > some > very large pieces that I have to cut again. Pancakes and other > lighter, flat foods are good since you can usually tell the size > of > the piece by moving the fork a tiny bit once you stab the piece > and > pick it up. The balance of the piece, and the overall weight, > will > usually tell you if the piece is too large and where the excess > is. It > takes practice to read clues like this, but if you practice at > home, > where you can shamelessly feel the food if you need to, I think > you'll > get it. > > At home, I often use my left hand as a guide, which I know I > shouldn't > do... but I'm at home, so I figure it does not really matter. I > will > also sometimes simply tear up the food, especially things like > pancakes. When I am out somewhere, I try to stick to things that > will > not give me too much trouble - fried finger foods, burgers, pasta > dishes with little excess sauce (alfredo, for example), that sort > of > thing. > > I think a lot of it is just accepting that, when you can't see > your > food, you will have to find and cut it differently than others. > Getting good with using a knife or fork as a sort of food cane, > and > judging sizes and placements of pieces by how they feel on the > fork, > is important. However, it is even more important to simply not > think > about what others might be thinking (yes, I completely understand > how > hard that can be). Also, you may want to find a good friend, and > try > out different techniques with him or her; s/he can give you an > idea of > what is commonly accepted as "normal" or "acceptable", and you > can try > out different adaptations of techniques and ideas. Together, I > am > sure > you can work out things that look fine but still work for you. > As > someone else said, if you can find a blind person in your area > with > whom you can work, that would also be a very good idea. Hope > this > helps some. > > On 1/23/12, Suzanne Erb <suze...@comcast.net> wrote: > Jessica, > Cutting up food does take lots of practice, and, I think e've > all been > there, so my heart goes out to you. > When I was getting my first dog at the Seeing Eye, at age 18, I > was so > concerned about how I looked that I didn't eat either the steak > or the > fried > chicken. I was afraid that everyone was eating the fried > chicken with a > knife and fork. Of course, anyone who knows anything about the > Seeing > Eye's > food, knows that I forfeited some fine food at the expense of > "looks". I > learned quite a bit that summer, not just about guide dog work. > Having > said > this, I think it takes a lot of maturity and self-confidence to > not be > concerned. In public, I tend to order food that I feel > comfortable eating > in public, unless I'm eating with people I know well and with > whom I feel > comfortable. > Best of luck to you. > Suzanne > On Jan 23, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Becky wrote: > > U r not alone, we all have the same disability as u. > I have been blind all my life and I know that learning how to do > certain > things can b tough. > So sorry to hear that people have given up on teaching u how to > cut your > food. > Do u know anyone in your area who is also blind? > If so, Maybe they can work with u and they will probably b > more patient > and understanding because they know what it is like to not have > any > sight. > U can write me off the list if u like. > rebeca...@gmail.com > Rebeca with one c > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 23, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Jessica Brown > <jessicabrown...@gmail.com > wrote: > > They were friends. I do not have any one who can help me who is > trained. I have not had much time to try to cut food but this > is > because other people give up teaching me not because I give up > learning. Trust me I do want to learn if it is the last thing I > ever > do. > > On 1/23/12, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > Have you tried using your fingers to see what you're doing, > gradually > using > them less and less as you get used to what you're doing? Not > with > meat, > but > other cuttable material? > > You say that people have tried to teach you. Were these people > trained > to > do so?, or were they friends and family members. Also, and I > don't > mean > this as it may sound, but at age 16, how much practice have you > had at > trying to accomplish this? Some people give up if it doesn't > work > almost > immediately, and this goes for people trying to teach as well as > people > trying to learn. > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jessica Brown" <jessicabrown...@gmail.com > To: <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food > > > Once again. I have tried this before as well and it did not > work > for > me. I am 16 years old and have been blind all my life. People > have > tried to help teach me but no one seems to know how to teach me > and it > never goes well. > > On 1/23/12, Nicole Massey <ny...@gypsyheir.com> wrote: > This was what I was going to suggest as well, with a > modification or > two. > > For even chunks, take the fork, after using your knife to find > the > edges > of > the meat or other food, and place the fork in the meat near one > edge. > Cut > with the knife perpendicular to the fork's tines until that > entire > strip > is > free. Then move the fork to the next strip and cut the meat > into > strips. > If > you want it in chunks instead of strips, turn the plate 90° and > then > use > your knife and fork to find the first strip. Place the fork > near > the > middle > and cut starting at the ends and working toward the center, > cutting > center > chunks using your fork as your guide. Move to the other strips > and cut > as > well. This should help. > This brings me to a question. Jessica, how long have you been > blind? > Have > you had any training to help you deal with this blindness? This > is a > standard Vocational Rehabilitation Trainer exercise, so this is > why I > ask. > > -----Original Message----- > From: cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org > [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of > Kimberly > Qualls > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 10:05 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Subject: [CnD] cutting food > > Jessica, > > I use a fork, not only to keep the food still, but also as a > guide...Stick the fork as far from the edge as the slice you > want...After you go one way, then take the fork and stick it in > the > slices to cut them into chunks, if you need...Everyone is right, > though, it takes a LOT of practice, and it can get messy, so you > may > want to practice on your own, first...I hope I explained that > well > enough... > > Hope it helps > > Kimberly > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > -- > > > sent from my BrailleNote > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > -- > > > sent from my BrailleNote > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >
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