Monthly LID/AT Update

Welcome to the LID/AT Monthly Update. We will focus each month on a theme for new ideas for your students and classroom.

Sites

Accessible Chef - Free site with recipes, Tips, and Resources

Disability Feast - Food, Education, Access, Support, and training

Tip Pages

Tips for easier eating and pouring

Tips for using a flat top stove with vision loss

There are LOTS of YouTube Vloggers with tips, tricks, and tools. What we searched was "Disability Cooking" and found some GREAT videos, like Cooking with Cory

Tabbed cutting boards with grip and stand

Pivot Knife or Clever Cutter for cutting

Long heat-proof oven mitts or Pitt Mitt for more protection

Double spatula for assistance in turning food

Use Google assistant or Amazon Echo to set multiple labeled timers by voice for cooking times.

• Switch/power select added to small appliances (blender, mixer, electric kettle, etc.)
• Store spices in shoe boxes (cardboard or plastic) to ease of access.
• Store dry ingredients in containers with wide openings (ball jars, plastic containers, etc.) for ease of scooping.
• Make your own finger guard for cutting
• Put your cutting board on a drawer to position it at a lower seated height

Food Safety

• Use Disposable food-safe gloves to protect your hands and food.
• Make sure your food is done with safe touch and non-touch techniques

Food Prep

• Use a desk or task lamp with a flexible arm to highlight or emphasize work area.
• Different colored cutting boards (white/black) for higher contrast.
• Try a pizza cutter or pastry cutter to assist with cutting and keeping hands safe.
• Use a metal measuring spoons/cups, so that they can be bent into scooping or other more comfortable position. Talk to your OT for help!

Food, Cooking and Kitchen organization

• Use magnets to label cans - When you use the item, add a magnet to the refrigerator to make a shopping list
• Set up cooking surfaces with the student so that you know that students can reach/access all items in the work area.
• Mask completed parts of the recipe.
• Use picture recipes. Follow a cooking routine (the same every time!)

Upcoming Session 3/17/20 1:00

Website: Region10.org
Location: 904 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: (972) 348 - 1750