Alison shares some kitchen labelling tips.
Video and translation below.
Hello, my name’s Alison. I have Usher Syndrome type 1. I’d like to share with you blind or deafblind people some tips for cooking. Here, I’ve put a label on a jar and written on it with large letters, so it’s easy for me to read. If you can’t see at all, you could use a Dymo braille label with a handheld labeller like this one, and stick it on the jar instead.
I saved some old magnets that I received in the mailbox as junk mail, like this big flat rectangular one. I had the idea to cut off a piece of it and stick the piece onto a tin can. You could also put a braille label on the magnet. The tin cans can have different contents, so the magnet tells me what’s inside.
Another thing I do is re-use the little plastic “bread clips” that come with tags attached. You can write on these tags with a thick black texta, or add a braille label onto the tag. You can attach the clip to a can by using a rubber band. Then you know which one has vegetables which one is baked beans, for example. You can even just put rubber bands of different thickness around the cans. It’s easy to tell a thin band from a thick band by touch. When you regularly use the same size for the same thing, you can distinguish many different items.
Good luck using these tips!
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