[blparent] It really happens

[Veronica Smith]

Gab said she didn't see where she went since we were on one side of the play
equipment and she ran toward the opposite side.  I wasn't really paying
attention as I was chasing the big puffy ball. There were lots of parents
and kids at the park that evening. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Amy Murillo-Hicks
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 1:35 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens

Was the guy watching you all, or I wonder how the little girl asked.

Like if she went up to the dad and said, "Hey is it OK if I play with the 
blind lady?"  Maybe he didn't understand the situation, and thought that the

little girl was bothering you or something.

If he understood, then it seems like you just encountered a true genuine 
bigot.  Congratulations!
----- 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 2:36 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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