[blindkid] New Family

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Dear Heather,

I live in Chicago and I am the liaison for parents of blind children through 
our Illinois affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind.  I'm not the 
parent of a blind child - actually I'm the blind parent of a now grown-up 
sighted child - but I can help you connect with other parents of blind 
children in the Chicago area.  Please contact me off list and let's talk!

Debbie Stein
dkent5817 at att.net
773-631-1093


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heather Breems" <heatherbreems at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] New Family


> 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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