Hi Mohit, I always find it easy to answer your questions because they are related to minor adjustments in the mind set and not major technical ones. But the thing I like the most in you is your openness in asking these questions.
When your friends are sharing food, just ask them openly what it is and tell them if you want it. When I have stuff like roti with curries and have a doubt if the curry is sufficient or not for all, I openly ask them how much is left and should I go about it in large quantities or adjust with whatever is left. And if my friends help me in taking food onto my spoon, I will be extremely happy. In cases like the last few pieces of Gobi fry in the plate, pani puri, etc., I ask them for the same help. In case of discussions like photos or scenic beauties, just find a string that you can use to get into the discussion. The nature of a person, place you have been to, etc. are a few examples that allow you to get into the discussion. The advantage I have is that I am very jovial and my associates(family, friends, colleagues) want me to speak on every subject and they narrate incidents in which I am not present so that I can pull out a joke. As I said, this is my nature and not something deliberate. best. On 1/23/13, Mohit Shah Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I know that we all have a lot of sighted friends and/or colleagues. > While it is always fun to hang out with friends, I sometimes face the > below mentioned problems. > > When your sighted friends get too busy amongst themselves i.e. when > they're looking at some photos or are looking at someone/something and > are laughing hysterically, don't you feel kind of isolated or lonely? > Furthermore, when they are sharing food, it is difficult for the > blind person to really get involved because you may not know what the > food item is, and, even if you find out through their conversation or > by asking, you may get self-conscious and may not know how to eat it > when it is offered to you. > Always saying that you're not hungry cannot be an excuse. They > will eventually find out the real reason. > A friend of mine sometimes says, "I will help you to eat this." and > he puts the food in a spoon and gives it to me. > He does this with the best of intentions, but it always makes me feel > awkward and kind of incompetent. > And before any of the blind police say that I should learn table > manners, let me tell you that I know how to use a fork, knife and > spoon. I only face a problem in the aforementioned situation. > Similarly, you can always get involved when they're simply talking > about something, but you really can't do much when you don't even know > what they're doing. > > Please let me know what you guys think about all this. > > Cheers, > Mohit > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > 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 > > -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org >From darkness unto light Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] 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
