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Renee: Becky we have two skirts here and if I touch them they feel exactly the same.
The bands at the top are the same, the zippers are the same, the material is the same. How
am going to, if I can’t see the colors, how am I going tell the difference between
the two? Becky: Okay, what I would do is I would mark
one. Let’s say my red would go with more shirts than the blue. In my red one I have
placed one of the aluminum tags that says red. Now, I understand that this has more
color in it than red but the basic color is red. That’s the one I would need to be concerned
about in matching. This one has the aluminum tag in it that says rd in Braille for red.
Renee: So Becky, other than safety pins and the actual tags that you’ve shown are there
some other ways that we can mark clothing? Becky: Yes, on the table there you might want
to pick up the cloth that has the puff paint on it.
Renee: Okay here it is and I don’t know if you can see on the camera but these actually
form little nodules or little bumps and we have one, two and three, again to show how
you might be able differentiate between different types of clothing like we did with the safety
pins. Becky: You could put three dots so that when
the child went to put their clothes away they could put all the three dot clothes that match
in the third drawer down or something and they would put the two dot clothes together
and all the one dot clothes together. Renee: Uh Uh.
Becky: And maybe if something had a lot raised line it on it, it might match everything.
The other thing that is, this might be good for children that you may not want to have
safety pins because you might be afraid that they would open them and poke them with them.
Becky: Also over there on the table we have what are called “Identi-buttons” and they
vary in shapes and colors. You might use the clover for the green and the round for the
red or however they’re matched there. Renee: Right. We have a star and….
Becky: we have a sunflower or something… Renee: We have a square and then we have ah…
I don’t know what this is, anyways its different then the other two.
Becky: the other thing is a lot of us as we get older and I know that a lot of kids like
varying color socks. I did show you the brown socks over here that had the two beads.
Becky: If you’ll hand me those socks. Renee: uh uh
Becky: We have this is called a sock sorter. This is the round one and this is on the black
socks. Then you just pull it out and put your socks on. This is the round one and for my
navy blue socks I use the square one. Renee: What about this one?
Becky: Okay, these are two different colors and they have a safety pin that hods them
together at the heel. Renee: Why did you do that?
Becky: I did that because if you pin them that the toes or the other end they are going
to spread out. They are more likely to get tangled up on other clothes and get pulled
and rip the socks with the pin so I pin them in the heal in hopes that they wouldn’t
do that. Renee: Okay.
Renee: So, what about this tape over here Becky. What is this for?
Becky: This is called Teflon skived tape and it is the size of a dimo tape it ummm…
Renee: What’s a dimo tape? Becky: The dimo tape is usually what you use
in a labeler that people use for marking things. A lot of times schools will use them to mark
their lockers. Renee: Okay
Becky: Or put names on different things, on their cubbies. But this one is skived tape.
You can Braille on it, you can just poke dots on it. Then you cut it into the size that
you need and you can sew it into a label. Renee: Is it pretty low cost?
Becky: Yes. They cost about $5 per roll and it is a Teflon, it will go through the washer
and dryer with out damage. So it’s another low cost kinda thing, so you can be creative
with it and make it as small or as large as you’d like it.
Becky: Then we can move up for the older kids, if we want, to match makers. Can you hand
me the match maker’s please? Renee: Sure.
Becky: Okay, the match makers is kinda a little more expensive, they cost about $39. They
are a way kinda like I did with the safety pins and buttons, these are …they might
be a little more uncomfortable. This one has one dot, two dots, three dots and four dots.
Renee: So basically the system is the same it’s just a matter of having the different
tools for whatever your preference. Becky: This is more sophisticated way of doing
things, so it’s something you might add to the older kids, for ways of identifying
the colors and things like that. Renee: Okay
Becky: And then we have the more expensive… this is called a talking color identifier.
The way this works is it has a white lid on it. It has a speaker with different volumes.
You turn it on and it calibrates. It will say “white”.
Becky: then you take the lid off. Put it on some clothing.
Mans voice: “dark green” Becky: Okay and so…
Renee: Can I try Becky: Uh Huh
Mans voice: black… black Renee: Wow that’s pretty cool
Becky: (chuckle) Okay Becky: Keep everything age appropriate and
safe for the child. But reiterate that color is important and everything has a color, and
make sure that intellectually they know what matches, what doesn’t,
Renee: Uh huh Becky: so that they can
Renee: have a choice Becky: have a choice and know what the “norm”
of society is. And you don’t have to see it to know it.
Renee: Thanks a lot for doing this today Becky. Becky: Thank you, it was a lot of fun.
Renee: So if any of you would like more information about Washington State School for the Blind
or anything we’ve talked about today please feel free to visit our website it is; www.wssb.wa.gov.
Thanks a lot!