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Helping my brother-in-law (self.Blind)
submitted by erica927
Hi there, I hope this is allowed. I'm trying to get some advice on helping my brother-in-law who is blind. Recently, my partner's mother passed away and his older brother who had been living with her moved into our apartment with us. He completely lost his vision a year ago from glaucoma caused by his diabetes, and he has yet to learn how to take care of himself without his vision. We are the only option for him right now, as he is still adjusting. While I understand this is going to be somewhat longterm, he cannot live with us forever, and I want to help him become more independent. He was supposed to go to a school for the blind in Chicago but he's said he's not sure if he'll still be able to go because of COVID-19. In the meantime, does anyone have advice on steps we can take to help him relearn basic life skills without his vision?
CloudyBeep 3 points 3y ago
Try the tips linked to on this page: https://visionaware.org/everyday-living/essential-skills/12/
erica927 [OP] 2 points 3y ago
Thanks, that seems to have a lot of good info!
kailikameoka 2 points 3y ago
Not sure if this was mentioned yet:
Hadley is a well known online school for the blind. They recently redid their site and they have some daily living workshops.
https://hadley.edu/learn?topic_id=12
Hadley is a well known online school for the blind. They recently redid their site and they have some daily living workshops.
https://hadley.edu/learn?topic_id=12
erica927 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Oh that's awesome, thanks!
bradley22 2 points 3y ago
There's the NVDA screen reader for windows, it's completely free.
I'd recommend reading through the manual to do what ever it is you want to do.
I'm sure if you typed in getting started with NVDA on youtube you'd find something.
The voices aren't the best for sighted people, but you can change them in the settings/speech window.
If there's anything else I can help with; either PM me or answer here.
If he has an IPhone, check out applevis.com
Android is usable and quite a few blind people but applevis is a lot more up to date than the android accessibility site, I don't remember the name of it sorry.
There's also audiovault.net for audio described movies, it's not technicly legal so it's up to you if you want to use that sight, there's no visuals but a narrator, a human one, explains what's going on on the screen. Search for audio description on youtube if you want to see what it's like.
I'd recommend reading through the manual to do what ever it is you want to do.
I'm sure if you typed in getting started with NVDA on youtube you'd find something.
The voices aren't the best for sighted people, but you can change them in the settings/speech window.
If there's anything else I can help with; either PM me or answer here.
If he has an IPhone, check out applevis.com
Android is usable and quite a few blind people but applevis is a lot more up to date than the android accessibility site, I don't remember the name of it sorry.
There's also audiovault.net for audio described movies, it's not technicly legal so it's up to you if you want to use that sight, there's no visuals but a narrator, a human one, explains what's going on on the screen. Search for audio description on youtube if you want to see what it's like.
erica927 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Oh, thank you for your suggestions! He has an iPhone so that's very useful. I was just thinking I wished there were more movies and shows with audio descriptions. I know Netflix has some, but not all!
bradley22 2 points 3y ago
No problem.
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