[blparent] Question about adopting

[Veronica Smith]

Actually my pediatrician told me that the forehead is not the best place to 
check a baby for a fever.  he said its the stomach or bottom.  He said this 
is where the fever starts and so this is where I always checked first. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about adopting


>I think that's a much better idea than having to put on a performance for
> strangers.  I'm sorry, but questions like: "How will you know if your 
> child
> has a fever?" is a stupid question.  Most peiple, blind or sighted, touch 
> a
> child's forehead to see if there is a possible fever.  If the question is
> about how will the parent know how high the fever is, then you can get 
> into
> talking thermometers and things like that.Besides, if these people would 
> use
> their brains once in a while and think things through, they would realize
> that they themselves don't use their precious eyesight for everything
> regarding their children.  I'm really sorry for the ranting post, but zI
> just get sick of the same old questions, that if thought through, people
> would find the answers themselves
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at worldnet.att.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about adopting
>
>
>>
>>
>> Dear Shannon,
>>
>> Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for blind prospective parents to run 
>> into
>> problems with adoption agencies who are not familiar with blind people.
>> It might help to put them in contact with some competent blind parents so
>> they can see firsthand that blindness is not an obstacle to being a good
>> mother or dad.  Where do you live?  If you contact the NFB president in
>> your state, he or she can probably put you in contact with parents who
>> will be happy to help.
>>
>> Debbie
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Shannan Zinck" <shannanzinck at gmail.com>
>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:20 AM
>> Subject: [blparent] Question about adopting
>>
>>
>>>I don't really know if anyone can answer this or not but, we had our 
>>>first
>>> home visit from adoption services today and unfortunately me being
>>> visually
>>> impaired and my husband being blind seems to be the biggest concern they
>>> have. I guess my question is does anyone have any idea how we would
>>> convince
>>> them that we can handle a child or how to ease their minds on this
>>> subject.
>>> I really don't want this to become a big enough issue that we have to
>>> fight
>>> for this child. Everything else seems fine but, this one point and some
>>> how
>>> I feel like I'm being penalized for being born this way even though 
>>> there
>>> was nothing that could be done about it. Any ideas would be really 
>>> great.
>>> thanks.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Shannan Zinck
>>> Survival is letting GOD take over!!!
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