When you say that "it didn't work for me", can you give more detail? Things
like why it didn't work or what the difficulty was? Was the plate loaded
with other food? How much room did you have to work with, and how long did
you work at using that approach? You might not remember, but anything that
will give people a clue about what the problems were, or are, will help.
Thanks.
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Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jessica Brown" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Lois" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food
Ok. What kinds of questions would you like me to ask?
On 1/23/12, Lois <[email protected]> wrote:
Jessica, I am proud of you for being brave enough to ask the question.
Please don't think we are making fun of you or will give up on you.
Everyone
has told you how they do it and don't know where to go from here. If you
will ask more questions that will help us to know where to go from here we
will try to help.
Lois
----- Original Message -----
From: Debbra Piening
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food
I think you just hit the nail on the head. Sometimes friends and family
get
frustrated with themselves for not being able to get something across to
us,
and that frustration gets passed on to us, too, in addition to our
frustration at wanting to do things well. When I was sixteen, I was
terribly self-conscious about doing things exactly as sighted people
seemed
to do. Then I discovered that sighted people often cut one piece at a
time.
Later I learned that even chefs touch food with their hands. Although I
use
utensils as much as possible, I no longer worry about very lightly
checking
things with a finger if I need to. You will learn. You've come to the
list
to ask questions, and you've got lots of good answers. So take a deep
breath, try to relax,tell people not to watch you (you're morelikely to
make
a mistake if they watch), and JUST KEEP TRYING.
Deb
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jessica
Brown
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 2:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CnD] cutting food
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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> 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
> tryed 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kimberly
>> Qualls
>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 10:05 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> 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
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