Everyone was so proud! My first phone call

I can still remember the day when I made my very first phone call.  I was no more than six and I had been playing around with the dial on our family's phone.  I had figured out the layout of the numbers; the dial was an old-fashioned one and you had to put your fingers in holes that represented the numbers.

You had to put your finger in the hole and then move the dial around to the right until it hit the bar and then it would stop and then you did it for the next hole for the next number.  You repeated this process until you had finished dialing.

To try to explain my discovery was to simply say that the hole that represented the number one was the one that was above the bar on the dial and when you moved it around it was the shortest movement, and zero stood below the bar of the dial.  The dial was round and the holes clustered around the dial.

So, when I was good and ready to show off my discovery I showed it off to Mom who could not believe it. She got me to show her over and over again how I could dial a phone number and then she went and told Granny, Auntie, and Dad.  I'll never forget the day it all took place.

I was so proud of myself and I guess that my family was proud that their little vision-impaired daughter could dial a phone number with no help.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly accessibility advisor, wishing you a terrific day.

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