September 2010 - Fred's Head - The Network of Care

APH’S Sunshine Kit Shines Brightly for Teaching Children to Read

By Kristie Smith-Armand, M.Ed, CTVI "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand." I remember my first year of teaching students who have a visual impairment. My Braille student was a beautiful kindergartener named...

Published Thu, Sep 30 2010 11:54 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Braille books, Reading, Tactile aids, Tutorials, APH spotlight

Directions for Me

From the site: Welcome to directions for me, your one stop source for accessible packaging information. This site will provide a consistent, quality source of complete packaging information for everything from preparation instructions to ingredient lists...

Published Fri, Sep 24 2010 5:50 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Household hints, Web sites, Free stuff, Eating, Cooking

When Did I First Discover?

by Donna J. Jodhan One of the most frequently asked questions that I have had to answer throughout my life is this one: When did I first discover that I was blind? In other words, how early in my childhood did I realize that I was blind? Boy o Boy! A...

Published Fri, Sep 24 2010 1:44 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Low vision, Children, Parents, Blindness

Universally Accessible Products, A Benefit

by Donna J. Jodhan Make your products universally accessible and I can guarantee you that this is the way to go! What am I singing about this day? Very simple indeed! So many manufacturers and developers are petrified when they hear the term universally...

Published Fri, Sep 24 2010 1:40 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Advocacy, Aging, Accessibility, Electronics, Technology

Give and Receive Items at Sight Exchange

Are you familiar with the Sight Exchange group? It's a Yahoo group that helps people easily give and receive low vision-related items, all for free. From the site: "The Sight Exchange group is open to all who want to give and receive items that...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 6:06 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Low vision, Household hints, Web sites, Assistive devices, Assistive technology, Blindness resources, Free stuff, Blindness organizations, Email, Social media

Accessible HD Radio

Digital radio broadcasting has been a slowly emerging technology over the past several years. This technology, similarly to its television counterpart, promises to deliver richer sound as well as affording stations the opportunity to multiplex programming...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 4:44 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Accessibility, Speech products, Electronics, Technology, Entertainment, Music, Radio, News resources

How to Avoid Food Poisoning

How to Avoid Food Poisoning from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit Food poisoning is unpleasant at best and deadly at its worst. Here are some important things to keep in mind when eating both at home and out that will decrease your chances...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 11:44 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Self-defense, Safety, Health and beauty, Kitchen hints, Family life, Eating, Cooking

How to Treat Poisoning

How to Treat Poisoning from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit Unintentional poisoning causes thousands of deaths every year, many as a result of products around the home. Quick response and proper emergency assistance can help prevent some...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 11:36 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Parents, Tutorials, Household hints, Safety, Health and beauty, Family life, Child care

Finding Flexibility and Accessibility in an Exercise Bike

by Karen Keninger I’ve had a Schwinn Airdine exercise bike for years. It has one tension, and doesn’t have any programming. It’s great as far as it goes, but I wanted something more flexible with training options. I found a NordicTrack C2 Si Upright Exercise...

Published Tue, Sep 21 2010 4:33 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Accessibility, Health and beauty, Exercise

Bridging the Gap Through APH Materials

by Kristie Smith-Armand, M.Ed, CTVI “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars.”- Les Brown I have been an educator for over twenty-eight years and have taught most grade levels. While I love the individuality of each group...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 10:19 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Preschool, Low vision, Reading, Children, Braille, Parents, Blindness resources, APH spotlight

How to Find Out Who Has Blocked You on Facebook

How to Find Out Who Has Blocked You on Facebook from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit Checking your Facebook account, you realize that someone has disappeared from your list of friends! Perhaps you had a falling out, or a misunderstanding...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 12:01 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Internet, Social media

The Mobile Divide

by Donna J. Jodhan What exactly am I concerned about today? The growing gap between those mobile devices that are accessible to sight impaired persons and what is not accessible. As the variety of mobile devices continues to grow at boundless rates, we...

Published Fri, Sep 17 2010 1:27 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Electronics, Technology, Cell phones

How to Play Chess

How to Play Chess from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit Chess is a very popular game and is widely accepted as one of the oldest games still played. Although it has a set of easily comprehensible rules, it requires a lot of practice to win...

Published Mon, Sep 13 2010 12:34 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Recreation, Games

The Problem with Inaccessible Products

by Donna J. Jodhan As I see it, there are two important things that make a product inaccessible. When the product does not have audio cues. When there are no accompanying manuals in alternate formats. A product may have audio cues but if the cues are...

Published Fri, Sep 10 2010 5:56 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Advocacy, Accessibility, Electronics, Technology, Blindness

Putting On Makeup in the Dark

by Donna J. Jodhan When it comes to putting on makeup as a blind person, it's really like doing it in the dark because I am unable to use a mirror to guide me. There was a time up until five years ago when I was able to do so because I had enough...

Published Fri, Sep 10 2010 5:34 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Tutorials, Health and beauty, Teenagers

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