[blparent] a new blind parent

[sharon howerton]

Dear Mike,
Welcome to the list and congratulations.
As I always mention when a new member joins, I teach a Parenting series with 
the Hadley School for the Blind. One of our courses is Preparation for 
expectant parents. Although the text is written pretty much for moms, I've 
had a few dads to enroll recently and am really glad to see that. This is 
just one more resource for you. It is free, the book is available in Braille 
or audio format, and assignments which are required for the course can be 
emailed. If you have been a student of Hadley before, you can simply contact 
Student Services at 800-323-4238 and ask to enroll or ask for enrollment 
information if you have never been a student of ours. We have three courses 
in this series-Preparation, Infancy and Early Years. I would encourage you 
to consider this added resource. Feel free to contact me at
howerton at hadley.edu
Sharon Howerton, Instructor
The Hadley School for the Blind
700 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Babcock, Michael A." <michael.babcock at gwhosting.net>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:38 PM
Subject: [blparent] a new blind parent


> hi;
> some of you may know me from a few different lists, and sutch, but i 
> thought i would join this list being a new parent, well on april 21st, i 
> will be, and i thought i could get advise from you all and ask questions.
> My blog story:
> i'm going to be a dad http://gwfans.net/?p=582
> you can see that i just found out i'm going to be a dad.
> For some back ground information:
> I've been blind since birth and never have hadany sight
> The mom, sabrina, has been sighted all her life.
> and this iso ur first kid. So i guess, if you have any first blind parent 
> advise, or good blind parenting books, let me know please!
> mike
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