When the weevils came

For those of you who do not know what these little things are: they are tiny, black in color, and they love to live in packages of rice, sugar, and other similar food stuffs. For a blind person, it is practically impossible to spot them because of their size and the only way to discover their presence is for us to feel when they start crawling all over us.

This is what happened to me a few months ago. I was sitting at my kitchen table, minding my own business, so to speak, just having lunch with my mom and then some thing or things started to crawl along my arms. At first I tried to ignore it but then I could not as the little things began to feel like many little things.

I drew my mom's attention to the scene happening along my arms and without hesitation she groaned. "The things that you feel are none else than those pesky little weevils!"

We both sprang into action. I headed for the washroom to get rid of the little pests and mom proceeded to mount an attack against the intruders. She entered my larder and removed the rice and sugar from the shelf. Then she carefully opened up the containers and went to work. She removed the weevils and threw away the rice and sugar. She had no choice but to do so.

It is so difficult for me as a blind person when I am unaware that pests and insects have intruded my larder. What to do?!

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly accessibility advocate, wishing you a terrific day and urging you to go out there and tell others about my encounter with weevils. Visit www.afb.org to learn more.