If Blindness Comes: Sewing Techniques

Sewing Techniques

A blind person can and should continue to do whatever kind of
sewing he or she did as a sighted person. Many people sew very
little today. Some even arrange to have the laundry or dry cleaner
do mending for them. Others very much enjoy sewing and do a great
deal of it. Whether you are blind or sighted need not affect your
success in sewing or your preference to avoid it. Three or four

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If Blindness Comes: Shopping Ideas

Shopping Ideas
Blind people use as many different techniques for shopping as
sighted people do, and everyone will use a variety of different
techniques for different occasions. The following is a list of
methods available. None of these methods will always be
satisfactory, but a combination of them will enable a blind person
to get the things he or she needs and wants:

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IF BLINDNESS COMES, Large Type Edition, Kenneth Jernigan

IF BLINDNESS COMES
Large Type Edition Kenneth Jernigan Editor
Published by NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
Copyright © 1994 by the National Federation of the Blind All Rights Reserved.

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Questions and Answers

Who Is Blind?

Braille—What is It? What Does It Mean to the Blind?

Independent Travel

Cooking Techniques

Acknowledgments

COMPETING ON TERMS OF EQUALITY
by Kenneth Jernigan

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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
by Lauren L

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THE FREEDOM BELL
by Joanne Wilson

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