[blparent] It really happens

[Veronica Smith]

I used to know people like that, they'd just take Gab out of my hands and
put her in her seat.  I allowed it for a time or two then I pulled up some
courage and said, "before we go I really need to make sure she is put in
right.  And more time than not, she wasn't.  Elizabeth, be sure to check
before you get in yourself. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:57 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens

Yes, and there are those who are condescending to those of us whoa are 
blind, and we have such people in our church.  I am planning to ban them 
from ever driving us to church again.  They take over when ghey get here, 
and no matter how assertive my husband is ( I'm sually already gone to choir

practice) they insist on putting the baby in the car, and they never strap 
him in correctly, if at all.  On the way home today, i discovered that the 
seat wasn['t strapped in, and neither was the baby.  They also never listen 
when we tell them how the seat is to be installed.  So, I sympathize about 
morons.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens


> 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.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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