[blparent] It really happens

[Veronica Smith]

It really bugged Gab.  She kept bringing it up to that little girl.  I
finally told her to drop it and move on.  I then explained to her that not
all people understand blindness and not all want to learn.  I would have
talked to that dad in a heart beat, but the little girl was deadest against
it.  I really don't know why someone wouldn't let her play with us, our ball
was as light as a feather and if it happened to hit me, it wouldn't have
hurt.  Of course maybe the dad didn't know or care. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 3:37 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens

That's so sad.  Beyond the pure insanity of not letting your child play with

someone just because she's blind, and the way it made you feel, what that 
man was teaching his little girl is that you don't want to interact with 
people who are different from you.  That's not what we need in this world. 
Chalk it up to "you can't fix stupid" and move on.

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 3:20 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] It really happens

> Ok, this is the way it went.  Gab and I went to the park yesterday evening
> to kick a ball.  We bought one of those big rubber balls found in a big 
> net
> in most supermarkets.  Gab would kick it to me and as it swished past on 
> the
> grass it would make just that sound.  Then in return I'd kick it way up 
> high
> and she'd run to get it.
> Well there was a younger girl watching us and she asked Gab why I didn't
> just walk up to it when it landed near me.  I used my cane to find it. 
> Gab
> told her that I was blind and this is how I found the ball.  The girl,
> probably around 8, asked if she could play with us and we said absolutely.
> She said she had to ask her dad first and off she went to ask him.  We
> continued playing.  A few moments later she returned and announced that 
> her
> dad said she could not play with us since I was blind.  Iwas shocked and
> offered to go talk to her dad.  But she said when he says no, that is 
> that.
> So since gab likes playing with the kids at the park, I sat on the bench 
> and
> let the girls play.
> That was the first time, I think, I have had someone say that. Weird! V
>
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