[blparent] Swimming was blparent] Blind Parents Meeting

Sat Jun 6 00:06:56 UTC 2009

You should take Sara to the pool without your sighted companion.  We, as
blind individuals must show others that we are equals in society.  What that
person is doing is pushing you around.  For that matter, pushing all of us
around.  I take Gab swimming every now and then.   I just swim next to her
with my hand on her at all time, even now that she is 9.  That is when we
are alone with no other sighted persons that have accompanied me with their
children.  I like to do special things with just Gab. You know a mother
daughter experience.
Swimming is the same as going for a walk with her, some will say that is
dangerous as well.  Thank you for letting me fuss. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:40 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting

I do have a patio, so I was thinking of getting either a wading pool or one 
of those water tables that were mentioned on the group last summer.  I took 
Sarah swimming a few times last year when the pool was open, and she loved 
it.  Especially with the flotation device, I'm sure she would be perfectly 
safe with me.  But now I would wonder who was watching, and I would just 
feel afraid and conspicuous.  I did find a teenager to come in and entertain

Sarah a few mornings a week, though, so if she comes along, then I guess 
I'll have a suitable chaperone for something I could do by myself anyway. 
It's okay, though, because the teenager, Chelsea, can help me when Stephen 
is with us at the pool, and I won't have to try and focus on both kids at 
once.

Jo Elizabeth

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
until it is faced."--James Baldwin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting

> Oh my goodness, that is so awful Joe Elizabeth!  There is absolutely no
> reason Sarah would not be perfectly safe with your hands on her the whole
> time.  People are so rude and ignorant it makes me so mad!  I can 
> completely
> understand why you do not want social services at your door, but it is so
> sad that this woman's complete stupidity is making it impossible for you 
> to
> take Sarah swimming the way you want to--like any other parent would.  If
> you have a deck, back yard, or patio, how about getting a small wading 
> pool.
> Perhaps you two could still enjoy the water in privacy then, and you could
> save the pool for when your husband is around.
> I'm so sorry this happened!
> Melissa
> P.S.  I've taken Austin swimming since he was about 5 months old and he's
> still alive and well.  He's almost 2.5 bnow.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:24 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>
> I guess I would have said, "are you volunteering to come with me everytime

> I
> want to take my daughter swimming?" V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:50 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>
> Sarah's father can see, and we've had one round with Social Services
> already.  Then the other day, someone I know saw me carrying a baby
> flotation device into my house from the trunk of the car.  It's an inner
> tube with a seat built in for the baby's legs.  Anyway, the person said 
> that
>
> of course, I would only take the baby in the pool if there was a sighted
> person to watch.  There's a pool for the condos where I live.  I said not
> necessarily, because if I were right there, with my hands on the baby the
> whole time, I would be satisfied with that.  She said she would call 
> Social
> Services if she ever saw me taking the baby in the pool by myself--which
> means, I guess, that I'll only go when there's a sighted person to watch. 
> I
>
> don't want those people knocking at my door again.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>
>
>>I don't think any of us are excluded per sea, but putting out these
>> stats with no other data is nothing more then fear mongering in my
>> oppinion. What value is to be gained in that?
>
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