[blparent] need urgent help

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Through the Looking Glass is an organization in California that advocates 
for people with disabilities.  I used their services when my family was 
thinking about trying to get me to give my baby up for my brother to raise. 
They have a lot of valuable resources.

www.lookingglass.org

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From: "trising" <trising at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:34 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] need urgent help

> I know two couples in Michigan in the NFB where both parents are blind. 
> They are in their fifties, and both couples raised children independently. 
> I know there are more. I know it is not lawful to have your children taken 
> away just on the grounds of blindness. My husband and I want children very 
> badly, but have been unable to conceive. Due to our low income status, we 
> have also been unable to adopt. That would be my worst nightmare if I 
> finally was able to conceive or adopt a baby, and then was told just 
> because my husband and I are both blind that we could not keep our baby.
> Terri Wilcox
> Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
>
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