Something new: The joys of texting

I am not sure why it took me so very long to become a part of the texting crowd but now I have to admit that it is fast becoming a habit for me.

No more having to spend time composing emails on the fly. All I need to do now is to text simple messages. Then I know that it will be more reliable than sending emails, providing technology cooperates.

The joy is that I can either dictate or speak my texts or even type them. Whereas with emails I only have the choice of typing.

I still am at the stage where I do not abbreviate words and sentences and hopefully it will stay this way. I really do not like those abbreviations.

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

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A funny experience: Speaking to the wrong person

I have come to accept and enjoy this experience and now that I think of it, it can only occur so many times in a day.  It cannot be helped and I can only say that the best way to deal with this type of experience is to accept that it is going to happen over and over again.

For so many times at a service desk a person will walk away while I am speaking to them to either find something or to answer the phone and I am left either speaking to emptiness or to someone else who may be close by.

Or, how about this?  I may think that I am speaking to a specific person but in reality I am speaking to someone completely different.  This would usually occur when there is more than one person around.  I am speaking to one person but they leave to do something else and I don't know this and I continue to speak.

Or, here is this one!  I think that I am speaking to someone and in reality there is no one in front of me. All in a day's life.

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

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Finding the microphone

I found this to be a challenge at a recent meeting that I attended. There I was, seated at a table with others with microphones placed close to us, but darned if I could find mine when I went to make a comment.

I began groping to my right and then to my left and then in front of me but when your friend, who is also blind, is sitting to your right and tries to help you, it turns out to be a bit of a madcap chase.

Then someone sighted is sitting to your left but somehow they do not seem to be aware that you are searching for your microphone. So what do you do?

I had no choice but to interrupt proceedings and ask for help. It turns out that it was not that bad after all. Several pairs of helping hands came to my rescue.

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This is a personal message from author Donna Jodhan
"Each time we raise our voice at someone else we are engaging in bullying! Each time we raise our hands to slap or punch someone else we are also engaging in bullying and each time we engage in actions to either manipulate or force someone else to do what we want we are also engaging in bullying!

There is no room in this world for bullying and each day we fail to take action against bullying it is another day that we allow others to bully us and our kids. Our heroes and role models are the ones who have made us proud; those brave young men and women who gave their lives for us in past wars and those who continue to do so. They are not the ones who choose to be racists and those who believe that their bad behaviour in public is acceptable.

I write and record audio mysteries that are being used at such events as murder mystery evenings as well as at public awareness and team building events. I promote understanding, tolerance, and problem solving and my audio mysteries continue to be broadcasted around the world and you can listen to them anywhere! On the plane or train! In the car or right there in your home! On your i device or computer!

Please join my campaign against bullying (CAB) by supporting my efforts to keep on writing and recording!
If you truly care then you will certainly dare!"

Being careful when I speak

At the best of times, this should apply to everyone. That is, to be careful when one speaks so that you do not offend anyone in case you are saying something about them.

For a blind person, this is very important, and why? Because whereas someone with vision could look around and make sure that no one that they do not want to hear what they are saying is listening, this is not possible for us. So, what do I do in these types of situations?

If I am in a room with a door then I close the door before I speak, and if not I make very sure to ensure that someone that I do not wish to hear what I am saying is not within hearing distance. From time to time I may tend to forget but on the whole this strategy works well for me.

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

Follow me on Twitter @accessibleworld and @author_jodhan
Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/authordonnajodhan
Visit our online store to either purchase or subscribe for unlimited access to our library at www.donnajodhan.com/store.html and you can even take advantage of our free downloads!
Or subscribe to our free monthly newsletter at www.donnajodhan.com.

This is a personal message from author Donna Jodhan
"Each time we raise our voice at someone else we are engaging in bullying! Each time we raise our hands to slap or punch someone else we are also engaging in bullying and each time we engage in actions to either manipulate or force someone else to do what we want we are also engaging in bullying!

There is no room in this world for bullying and each day we fail to take action against bullying it is another day that we allow others to bully us and our kids. Our heroes and role models are the ones who have made us proud, those brave young men and women who gave their lives for us in past wars and those who continue to do so. They are not the ones who choose to be racists and those who believe that their bad behaviour in public is acceptable.

I write and record audio mysteries that are being used at such events as murder mystery evenings as well as at public awareness and team building events. I promote understanding, tolerance, and problem solving and my audio mysteries continue to be broadcasted around the world and you can listen to them anywhere! On the plane or train! In the car or right there in your home! On your i device or computer!

Please join my campaign against bullying (CAB) by supporting my efforts to keep on writing and recording!
If you truly care then you will certainly dare!"

I Can Talk for Myself

I can talk for myself

 

This is one major thing for me; the need to tell the sighted world that yes indeed!  Blind persons are more than capable of speaking for themselves.  When it comes to such things as making decisions at the supermarket, the pharmacy, or in stores, we can speak for ourselves.  When it comes to making decisions that concern our medical well beings, our social well beings, and decisions on things that affect our daily lives, we as blind persons can definitely speak for ourselves. 

 

Yes we are unable to see and yes in many circumstances we need sighted assistance to help us decipher documents and our surroundings but that's all!  We can understand, we can make choices, and we can respond.   We use access technology to surf the Internet and send and receive emails.  We use the phone to garner information.  We listen to what is going on around us; on TV and on the radio.  We do everything that the sighted world does; it is just that we do not see.

 

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 that Blind persons can speak for themselves.  Visit www.nfb.org to learn more.