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Full History - 2015 - 08 - 26 - ID#3ifbri
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Activity advice for an elderly blind woman. (self.Blind)
submitted 7y ago by ValarMorghulisBitch
hi!

I volunteer at a social group for elderly people close to where i live. We meet once a week, and provide morning tea and lunch, some social time, exercise and then we like to do crafts and other team games too. Anyway, one of our guests is blind - and I was wondering if I could get some ideas for what to plan that she can join in on? any games or crafts that would work well for everyone?I'm not actually sure what amount of sight she does have, as I'm in a new group.

thanks! (sorry if this is the wrong sub to post in)
Unuhi 1 points
There are so many activities that work for the blind. Anything except driving a car :)

So many crafts are easy to modify. Crocheting and knitting even - if she knows how to do those she can still do those. Or making jewelry. Or a tactile scrapbook.

Cooking or baking could be a fun activity together. Follow a recipe, measure ingredients together, chat about anything while cooking.
And sharing some nice family recipes and cooking secrets.

A nice walk or other sports are fun together. Walk with her pace. Or find exercise equipment that can work on other times too. Most gym equipment work easily. Having music for sports can make a difference.

So many games can be played inclusively. Maxiaids.com has many ideas - you could get a few brailled bingo boards (if she can read braille), and - well, I see no reason why brailled games couldn't be enjoyed by the others too.
A Reizen ball with bells could be fun for all - as long as everyone likes a bit of exercise.

How about some poetry or book reading? Or music... Play together or find a band.
Find out if she's a member of the talking books program. If not, it could be fun: get audiobooks in mail, listen to them in her pace so she can read everything she likes (handsfree too - audiobooks can be so much faster than reading braille)

ValarMorghulisBitch [OP] 1 points
Oh awesomene! Thanks so much for all the ideas! I'll sort out some stuff to do for this week :)
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