[blparent] It really happens

[Elizabeth Cooks]

Don't count on it. People like that never change their atitudes.  i know 
from experience.
----- 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 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens


> It just makes me so mad when someone won't even hear me out.  In this 
> case,
> the little girl wouldn't even point at her dad so Gab could point me in 
> the
> right direction.  Oh well.  We went by the park this evening on our mile
> walk, but that family wasn't there.  Oh well, I was hoping that if the dad
> saw me walking the neighborhood, he'd have a better opinion of blind 
> people.
> V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 6:54 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>
> Hi,
>
> This is exactly what I thought as I read Veronica's message.  Some people
> just don't think about the longterm effects their snap decisions will 
> have.
> He could have at least come over and talked to you first.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:36 PM
> 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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