[blparent] Question about adopting

[Allie]

Yeah, tell them about products that people have made to make it 
easier to parent.  Like the buddy leashes and the squeaky shoes.  
Emphasize how important your hearing is going to be in raising 
your child.  Focus on things you can do, as opposed to comparing 
yourself to what others do.

--Allie


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:05:26 -0600
>Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about adopting

>Mostly what you have to do is reassure them by explaining various 
ways
>you'll handle situations.  Tell them about how you're capable of 
getting
>yourself around town and can get places like the doctor.  Tell 
them about
>different ways you'll do things like talking thermometers, (also 
that anyone
>can feel if a child is warmer than usual.)  Be real insistent 
about sight
>isn't everything when raising a child.  Tell them how it's quite 
possible
>that a blind parent is more in tune with what a child is doing 
when you're
>not in the room than a sighted person.  We learn the sounds we 
don't want to
>hear.
>Barbara


>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Shannan Zinck" <shannanzinck at gmail.com
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:20 AM
>To: <blparent at nfbnet.org
>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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