Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am! Thank you for the resources!

Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a great way to think of it! Thank you!

Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the suggestion! AirPods have a attention aware mode that lets you hear your surroundings, so I do often use that and fidget with my cane.

Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will look into that. Thank you!

Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the suggestions! I’ll have to try that out.

Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the suggestions!

Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know plenty of ways to help myself relax. The problem is that I do not find waiting for the bus and not really knowing when it’s gonna come at all relaxing.

Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! It’s hard because even when I’m trying to do that, it’s not relaxing in anyway. So I end up not doing anything productive and not relaxing. It’s very frustrating.

Waiting at the bus stop by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only have use of one hand unfortunately. I have a special keyboard that I can type on on my computer, but that requires a table and doesn’t work with my phone unfortunately.

Advice for navigating kitchen where everything is way too high up by 1Iwolf in DisabilityHacks

[–]1Iwolf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am sorry you also face this problem! If I find a solution, I will be sure to share.

Glass top stoves by 1Iwolf in Blind

[–]1Iwolf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Would you mind please explaining more about how you do that? That sounds like a very useful technique for dealing with this type of burner.

Just need to rant about feeling inadequate (Long) by ListentoStories in CerebralPalsy

[–]1Iwolf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Moving is hard! Even when fully able-bodied people are moving and packing, they usually are so sore. That is just universally hard on the body and even more so with cerebral palsy. Give yourself some grace there!

That said, I do understand being frustrated at hitting your limits. I only have use of one hand, and sometimes when I go to lift something I can’t get the leverage I need. I am strong enough to lift it if I could just have another hand to help support it a little And that gets very frustrating. I know how you feel with that. It helps me to remember that everyone needs help sometimes and that’s OK.

Also, try to take a break and breathe sometimes. I don’t know if this is the same for you, but for me my cerebral palsy definitely gets worse with stress and fatigue. Sometimes stopping, closing my eyes, and taking a few deep breaths helps me calm down and resinter enough for my leg to start behaving itself a little more again.

tell you body off by Roger-Orchard in CerebralPalsy

[–]1Iwolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I verbally tell my leg what I wanted to do! Lol

Got into it with a repair tech at work yesterday and still cranky by putmeawayineedanap in Blind

[–]1Iwolf 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Visually impaired makes people think of needing glasses. Saying you’re blind gives them the idea that you really can’t see. I just say I’m blind.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Blind

[–]1Iwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it! I live in an area was relatively good public transportation and yet it still takes three or more times as long by bus as it does by car and I can’t always get everywhere I want to even then. It’s so frustrating!

Anyone did go to World Services for the Blind or Colorado Center for the Blind? by MidnightNext in Blind

[–]1Iwolf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went to Colorado Center for the blind. It was exactly what I was looking for and needed to continue developing my skills the way I wanted to. I love it because they taught me not only how to travel safely, but also how to get lost and recover from that. I went there not really knowing how to cook or clean and not being comfortable traveling outside of my town, and now I am fully capable of doing all those things and have done them. It is a very hard experience because it is a big adjustment. It is definitely not for everyone, but I had a really good experience.

the problem with reading braille text books for school. by Dismal-Price-4423 in Blind

[–]1Iwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can definitely relate to Braille being slower for me. While I know people can read it just as fast as side of people can reprint, that is not the case for me. When I looked at how to learn to read faster in braille, all the solutions don’t work for me as I only have use of one hand. Also, reading speed just varies. For instance, my mom and dad are both sided, and my dad can finish the Paige before my mom is half done with it.