Keeping Track of Money

One of the more frequently asked questions asked is this one:  How do I go about keeping track of my money.  Here in Canada, we have coins to represent the one and two dollar denominations and there are dots to mark the five, 10, and 20 denominations.  I am not too sure about the fifty and one hundred dollar denominations because I rarely see these.  I also use a bank note reader that can give me an audio reading of the denomination.  

 

When it comes to keeping track of the notes themselves in my wallet, I usually do it like this.  I sort my notes by denomination and place them in separate compartments of my wallet and if I run out of compartments then I usually place them in order of ascending amounts.  Many blind persons who are unable to identify the difference by color usually use a folding method.  That is, they fold their five dollar bills differently to how they would do it for the 10 and 20 dollar bills. 

 

In Canada, the dollar bills are of different colors so it is a bit easier for someone with enough vision to identify them.  Not so for the American green back.  However, the folding method as it is often referred to by blind persons is a very common money identification technique.

 

I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and urging you to go out there and tell the rest of the world how blind persons go about identifying their money.  To learn more, please visit www.nfb.org.