[blparent] It really happens

Tue Jun 22 21:09:14 UTC 2010

Kids are usually not uncomfortable with much, at least not till they're 
taught to be.

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:04 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens

> I don't think the girl was uncomfortable with my blindness.  Like I said,
> she asked to play with us in the first place.  Of course, this is just my
> thoughts, you really don't know.  I play with the kids at the park evry 
> day
> and none of them seem to even notice that I can't see.  If I can't find 
> the
> ball, someone just gets it and we continue. v
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:30 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>
> I doubt it.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 4:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>
>
>>I can't help but wonder if the little girl could have been lying, to cover
>>up for her own discomfort about your blindness?  It's possible the dad 
>>said
>
>>that, but the fact that she didn't even point him out makes me wonder...
>> Leanne
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 12:08 AM
>> 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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