[blparent] need urgent help

[Sean Paul]

While I realize that You do not want to go in to the details on list. 
Perhaps we could better assist You if We at least new the State in which we 
were dealing with the issue?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 15:35
Subject: Re: [blparent] need urgent help


> 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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