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

Wed Jun 30 01:59:44 UTC 2010

It really still has to do with that old medical model, and unfortunately 
social workers, although they think they don't train that way, totally 
subscribe to medical model.  It's the basic approach that is lacking.
----- 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 4:14 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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