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

How to Make Ramen Noodles in the Microwave

How to Make Ramen Noodles in the Microwave from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit This is possibly the most important skill one can learn. Making Ramen noodles yourself can help you save lots of money in take out, and using the microwave makes...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 1:40 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Tutorials, Students, Cooking, Time management

How to Cook Rice in a Microwave

How to Cook Rice in a Microwave from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit Most people cook rice in a pot or a rice cooker . If you don't have either available, or if you're just looking for an efficient way to cook a small serving of...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 5:04 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Tutorials, Students, Cooking, Time management

Blind Stokers Club

The Blind Stokers Club (BSC) was formed in 2007, based on teamwork and volunteerism, to introduce and share the simple pleasures of recreational bicycling with those who cannot see well enough to pilot a bike. The Club operates by forming teams and conducting...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 6:45 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Web sites, Interaction, Exercise, Sports, Blindness organizations, Databases, Relationships

Exploring Microsoft Word 2007 with Jaws

Author Toni Fraser set out to learn how to use Microsoft Word, but she found that while many state agencies across the country had started to use and teach Word 07, her state had not. She saw the need and decided to write this book. Fraser writes the...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 7:29 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching aids, Braille books, Ebooks, Tutorials, Writing, Computer software, Windows

For the Blind Entrepreneur

by Donna J. Jodhan At the best of times, the path for any mainstream entrepreneur is extremely challenging and bumpy but for the blind entrepreneur, it could be even more so. This does not mean that a blind person should not become an entrepreneur if...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 12:37 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Employment, Advocacy, Blindness, Job searching

The Disability Divide

by Donna J. Jodhan This is probably not a term that many of you would be used to seeing so I am going to tell you a bit about it. So as to be as concise as I can be, the disability divide refers to the difference between what a mainstream person can access...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 12:33 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Advocacy, Technology, Accessbility

APH News: September 2010

APH News Your monthly link to the latest information on the products, services, and training opportunities from the American Printing House for the Blind. September 2010 Exciting New APH Products Announced! Read on to learn about these new products -...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 12:29 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: APH news

Picking a Player: A Roundup of Devices for Playing NLS and Other Talking Books

by Deborah Kendrick So much to read. So many ways to read it. For those among us who grew up as braille readers in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, the notion that we might one day have more to read than we could possibly ever consume was, well,...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 1:35 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Aging, APH products, Reading, Audio books, Accessible media, Ebooks, Speech products, Electronics, Assistive devices, Audio, Blindness resources, Shopping

National Prison Braille Network: Building Bridges with Braille

Corrections and vision professionals meet each year at the National Prison Braille Forum to share their expertise and learn from others. APH launched a braille production facility in a women's prison in Kentucky in 2000 in cooperation with the prison...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 1:15 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Employment, Education, Teaching, APH products, Braille books, Braille, Services, Rehabilitation, Transition, APH spotlight

Multisensory Books for Blind Children and Parents Available from the Braille Institute

All of the Braille Institute's multisensory books, which are part of their free Special Collection Program , were developed in consultation with their Child Development professionals and evaluated in the field by parents, teachers and librarians who...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 5:06 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching aids, Special education, Preschool, Braille books, Reading, Children, Parents, Tactile aids, Books, Children's publications

Guitar Instruction -- Audio Disc Set

Teaches you to play the guitar -- with your ears, not your eyes! With an electric or an acoustic guitar and Guitar Instruction - Audio you're on your way to learning the guitar at your own pace, and without the use of brailled or printed music. Simply...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 5:51 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Special education, APH products, Accessible media, Music, CD

What is IT? Kit

Helps children develop real images related to descriptive terminology and words. The exercises in the What is IT? Kit emphasize the need for the child to form real mental images in relation to labels at a very early age. In effect, a label is more than...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 5:40 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Braille, Parents, Communication, Blindness

EaseOut Bulb Remover

If you tend to have a lot of broken lightbulbs around your house or business, you know that they are dangerous and a pain in the tush to remove. For those of us who are totally blind, it's just another reason not to have the things around. I don’t...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 4:30 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Household hints, Safety, Assistive devices

Basic Guide to Troubleshooting Common Windows PC Problems

Your Windows PC might be designed to make your life easier, but they often have a non-stop list of problems. Our friends at Lifehacker walks through some of the more common problems and how to troubleshoot them. This list is, of course, by no means complete...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 4:17 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Windows, Computers

How to Teach Music To Visually Impaired Children

by Gail Sessoms Overview Visually impaired musicians participate in every area of music. They are vocalists, pianists and drummers; they play every instrument imaginable, learn to sight-sing; and read and compose music. Children who are visually impaired...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 2:33 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Education, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, Tutorials, Blindness resources, Music

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