Good question. When any food's being shared, a totally blind person may not know how much to take as he or she may not know the total quantity of the food available. In such situations, I probably think communication is our best bet. May be we could talk to our sighted friends about these things and make them clear of what's expected of them at that point of time. We can prepare them to tell us if there's more food, less food or just enough for the gathering.
In one of the meetings few months ago, As soon as I sat at the table, I was told that I could have some cookies if I like, and somebody just pushed a plate full of them towards me. I thought they're all for me, but still I wanted to be sure. So I asked "Can I finish them all?" Interestingly, someone on my far left was bold to say that everyone were sharing the same plate of those cookies with me and I won't be finishing all of them myself. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Umesha Economics Sent: 26 January 2013 12:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] When you sometimes feel isolated in the company of yoursighted friends why may not you know how to eat it? Umesha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mohit Shah Shah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 23 January, 2013 6:46 PM Subject: [AI] When you sometimes feel isolated in the company of yoursighted friends > 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_acc > essindia.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 > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.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 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
