[blindkid] New Family

[Carol Castellano]

Hi Heather, congratulations on your new child, and welcome to the list.

Our group has a wonderful parent contact in Chicago, a great group of 
parents there, and excellent annual activities.  Here is the contact 
info for our parent contact, in case you do not have it yet.

Debbie Kent Stein
dkent5817 at att.net

Debbie is a blind adult who has had a very interesting career.  She 
has worked as a social worker in NYC, lived in Mexico and started a 
school for blind children there, and has been a successful writer of 
books for children and youth for many years.  She has also worked 
extensively with blind children & teens and their families.  Right 
now, Debbie is also the editor of our national magazine, Future 
Reflections.  She is a wonderful person and you are lucky to be in 
the same town so that you can get to know her!

Best wishes,
Carol

Carol Castellano
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org

At 10:28 AM 6/27/2011, you wrote:
>Thank you Richard and Sally,
>
>We live in Chicago, Illinois.
>
>I am glad to hear that there are other adoptive parents as well.  My biggest
>concern initially is that we will speak a different language.  I am an
>adoption social worker and see children all the time who learn English
>within a few months of being here, but I am not sure if it will be different
>for a child who is blind.
>
>
>
>On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:
>
> > Welcome Heather, there is a lot of great information here and there are
> > many people who are glad to help you however they are able.
> >
> > Sounds like you are here in the states; what part of the country are you
> > from?
> >
> > Richard
> > On Jun 27, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Heather Breems wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I am new to this list and just wanted to briefly introduce myself and my
> > > family.  My husband and I are in the final stages of adopting a 2 and
> > half
> > > year old from Haiti who is assumed to have been blind since birth.  As
> > you
> > > can imagine the medical information from Haiti is scarce, but we have
> > > visited with him many times over the course of this year long adoption
> > > process and are so happy we will finally have him home soon.  I have
> > tried
> > > to do as much research and reading as possible to prepare ourselves first
> > > for helping him with the transition.  I am very encouraged to have found
> > > this group along with all the other resources that I know will help our
> > > family and our son.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Heather Breems
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Carol Castellano
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org