Eating out as a blind person can present some real challenges. How does one deal with wait staff who ask your friends what you will be having. Do sighted people have problems with salads containing pieces of lettuce the size of parachutes? And what about buffets. Entertaining guests for dinner at home can also present some challenges. Preparation, socializing and trying to clean up with several people in your kitchen trying to help can add some stress to your evening. Our January Classroom of the Air presentation will deal with these issues and more. Linn Sorge and Doug Anzlovar from The Hadley School for the Blind will be presenting on the topic of food etiquette.

Linn Sorge has been an instructor at the Hadley School for the Blind for the past ten years. She teaches Word Processing, Internet Basics, and a series of social skills courses for parents, care-givers, and teachers of youngsters with visual impairments. Prior to joining Hadley, Linn directed services for persons with visual impairments at Northern Illinois University for over twenty years. She earned her Master's in teaching the visually impaired from Northern Illinois University. She has been totally blind since birth so has lots of experience in coping with socialization during recreational functions where eating is involved.

Doug Anzlovar has a master's degree in rehabilitation Teaching of the Blind and visually impaired from Northern Illinois University.

“Throughout my career, I have served as an assistive technology specialist and consultant, providing technology evaluations and training to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. In recent years, I was a teacher of the visually impaired at one of Chicago's premier high schools. Currently, I am a curriculum designer and instructor for the Hadley School for the Blind.”

Group Discussion Leaders
Ruth Ann Acosta,
Email: ruth1244@gmail.com
Sherry Wells
E-mail: sdwells@us.ibm.com