[blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaelahome

Tue Jun 29 23:47:42 UTC 2010

Exactly why I despise that particular profession.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring 
Mikaelahome


>
>
> Although they might make claims to the contrary, I think social workers 
> and others in the helping professions tend to look at people in terms of 
> their perceived problems rather than their strengths.  In the program 
> where I got my MSW much more time was spent learning about diagnosis and 
> treatment than learning about how to recognize a person's strong points 
> and help him/her advocate.
>
> Debbie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sharin" <coffeemommy at verizon.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring 
> Mikaelahome
>
>
>>I just got my MSW in May. I really didn't feel my program at NYU had 
>>nearly
>> enough info on disabilities. I did a presentation once for my practice 
>> class
>> in which I talked about growing up as a blind child, being a blind 
>> mother,
>> and everything in between, as well as showing a few adaptive aids. I 
>> tried
>> to make the point that a person with a disability is often more capable 
>> than
>> is assumed and that the person should be asked about what services would 
>> be
>> helpful to them instead of a worker making decisions for them. the class
>> just kept saying how strong I was and that they didn't think everyone 
>> with a
>> disability had my strength. It was frustrating how un-enlightened my 
>> peers
>> were, and the professor as well.
>>
>> Sharin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Nikki Fugett-Dobens
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 5:23 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring
>> Mikaelahome
>>
>>    This is so upsetting.  It gives social workers a bad name, and it hits
>> close to home, because I have my degree in this field.  Knowing the 
>> classes
>> that they must take to graduate, thinking like this should not exist in 
>> this
>>
>> field.  Social workers are always taught to respect different cultures,
>> disabilities, and circumstances.  How a CPS worker could actually hold 
>> these
>>
>> thoughts is beyond me.  That nurse should also respect differences as 
>> well.
>> It makes me so upset that there are people out there that think we, as 
>> blind
>>
>> parents, can't raise our children.  I truly hope that little girl is home
>> soon.  I wonder when the final hearing is?
>> Nikki
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring
>> Mikaelahome
>>
>>
>>>I think the hospital should be sued for this and the nurse fired.  I want
>>>to just strangle those people who act like this, and the baby has lost
>>>precious bonding time with her mother.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:01 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring
>>> Mikaelahome
>>>
>>>
>>>> This just puts me in tears.  Is it really going to cost all that much?
>>>> What about the ACLU?  Is there any place to make a donation by credit
>>>> card for people who will not be attending the convention?  I can't
>>>> believe she isn't home yet!
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>>> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:43 PM
>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela
>>>> home
>>>>
>>>>> Here is an update, we all have been waiting to hear. Veronica
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: chapter-presidents-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:chapter-presidents-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debbie
>>>>> Wunder
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:27 PM
>>>>> To: Chapter Presidents
>>>>> Subject: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela home
>>>>>
>>>>> Sugar & Spice
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And Everything Nice
>>>>>
>>>>> That is what little Girls Are Made Of
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Erica and Blake, a young couple awaiting the birth of their first 
>>>>> child
>>>>> with
>>>>> joy and happiness. BabyMikaela  was born at 12:45pm, May 21. Not 
>>>>> unlike
>>>>> many
>>>>> new mothers Erica experienced some difficulty in her first breast
>>>>> feeding
>>>>> ofMikaela, she called the nurse for some advise. By 6:00pm child
>>>>> protective
>>>>> services arrived at the hospital to say the parents could not
>>>>> takeMikaela
>>>>> home, unless they had a sighted person to live with them.
>>>>>
>>>>> In all the investigations, blindness is the only reason sited for the
>>>>> parents not being allowed to leave with their new baby girl.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The Missouri affiliate has hired an attorney at $250 per hour, and her
>>>>> assistant at $85 per hour to bring Mikaela home where she belongs!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please help with any donations possible to unite this family. You may
>>>>> stop
>>>>> by the Missouri table, B 114 in the exhibit hall, or come by our
>>>>> delegation.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We, the National Federation of the Blind can bring Mikaela home to her
>>>>> parents where she belongs! Thank you for any help you can give.
>>>>>
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