by lgadmin | Sep 2, 2019 | Daily Life, Sighted Children in a Blind world
Blind people learn to do so many wonderful things, including how to take care of a house on their own. My mom learned to do many of these things at a residential blind school. She taught me how to clean! And she is usually better at most things than I can. Most...
by lgadmin | Aug 9, 2019 | Daily Life, Sighted Children in a Blind world
Growing up with a blind mom, I had many friends who told me how lucky I was. I would ask why? They said because your mom can’t see where you hide stuff in your home. HAHAHA!! That was funny! That’s not how it worked in my house. My mom was always on top of...
by lgadmin | Jul 31, 2019 | Daily Life, Sighted Children in a Blind world
How do I talk to a blind person? Many people are very timid when approaching a blind person for the first time. I have heard a lot of people talk about the what ifs. What if I say the wrong things? What if I say the wrong term (ex.: did you watch the new Mary Poppins...
by lgadmin | Jun 30, 2019 | Daily Life
Let’s start with doing laundry and then we will go onto wearing those clothes. Washing machines and dryers don’t normally come with braille on them. So how does a blind person do their laundry? Well here is how we do it at my house! We have taken the...
by lgadmin | Jun 28, 2019 | Daily Life
Audio Description is how Blind/ low vision people enjoy watching movies. A service called DVS (Descriptive Video Services) used to offer videos that had description. They were only available from a certain store and cost more than the regular VHS. For movies...