Without sighted help

At the best of times, functioning for me without sighted help is definitely interesting to say the least. Sometimes it can be a challenge and at other times it can be quite humorous. For the most part, however, I have become quite used to it. For in the world of a blind person, it is a given that most of our life would probably be spent without sighted help to call upon at a moment’s notice.

In my case, whenever my mom is around it is a luxury and whenever she is not it is back to my world. I use various techniques to do what I need to do. Here are just a few of my techniques.

Everything has its place: in the kitchen, in the bathroom, in my office, and so on.
If anything falls then I do my best to listen so that I can trace it through sound. If I am unable to hear when something has fallen, then I use my logic to trace where it may have fallen.
Whenever I print something on my printer, I use my scanner to ensure that it has printed.
If I want to ensure that my tops are always clean, I wash them right after wearing them.
I use my sense of touch to ensure that produce is good to cook and eat. If it is soft, then out it goes!
I use my sense of smell to determine whether or not milk is good.

I think that you have gotten the picture by now.
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