{"id":6361,"date":"2020-06-11T15:34:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T14:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hi-vis.org\/?p=6361"},"modified":"2020-06-11T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:46:33","slug":"life-hacks-5-what-time-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hi-vis.org\/?p=6361","title":{"rendered":"Life Hacks #5 &#8211; What time is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-15d750bd1b332b34c6e70b077ebbccdf\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-15d750bd1b332b34c6e70b077ebbccdf{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-15d750bd1b332b34c6e70b077ebbccdf av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When James who is severely visually and hearing impaired, woke up one morning, he was shocked to realise that his <strong>vibrating alarm clock<\/strong> had not gone off as usual and he had no idea if it was really morning or if it was still before 7am.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The home care ladies came at half seven, so he needed to be ready to open the door to them. Maybe they had been, and he had missed them?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">James ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a <strong>vibrating pendant receiver<\/strong> that he puts in his shirt pocket when he gets up and then it will vibrate to let him know that somebody is ringing his doorbell. He puts it in his pocket now. He goes outside<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> his flat door<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and thinks it is probably light, so it is daytime. He waits and waits, he doesn\u2019t know how long he waits, but nobody comes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A taxi to take him to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> his Braille class<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is due to arrive at nine o\u2019clock but he relies on the home care ladies to tell him when that is. He still doesn\u2019t know if they are coming or if they have been. He gets himself something to eat and then he gets dressed and shaved. He holds onto the <strong>pendant vibrator <\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">all<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the time<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in case somebody rings his doorbell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nobody does.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When he is ready for the day, James sits in his chair and waits<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> but still nobody comes. He decides to walk around to the office where the security men work, he walks carefully and slowly. He holds onto the wall to guide himself. He has done this trip many times before. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The security men touch his hand, he is not able to see or hear them, but he has a <strong>card<\/strong> in his pocket that Rachel, his social worker, gave him. It says TAXI TO <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ADULT SERVICES<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> PLEASE. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">James<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> knows it has a telephone number on for the office where the social workers are and for the taxi company that is most familiar with him.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Its for emergencies, and this is one.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By the time he gets to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Adult Services<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> with his broken clock, James is very angry and determined to make sure that everyone realises what a massive difference to his life this alarm<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> clock makes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adult Services make sure he has a new one for the next night.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>emergency card<\/strong> is such a simple idea but can be a very useful tool to a DSI person.<\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_fifth-c8fc129dc35fd1ae2a1e410224d39ea8\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_fifth-c8fc129dc35fd1ae2a1e410224d39ea8{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_fifth-c8fc129dc35fd1ae2a1e410224d39ea8 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-15d750bd1b332b34c6e70b077ebbccdf\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-15d750bd1b332b34c6e70b077ebbccdf{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 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