[blparent] introduction, etc

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Dear Jan,

The only document I can think of that comes close to what you're planning is 
our pamphlet Parenting without Sight: What Attorneys and Social Workers 
Should Know about Blindness, available free from the Independence Market at 
the National Center for the Blind in Baltimore.  You might want to have some 
copies on hand.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jan wright" <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 8:49 AM
Subject: [blparent] introduction, etc


> Hi All,
> My name is Jan Wright.
> I am a parent in Indiana.
> I am a blind parent of sighted children.
> Actually, my children are all grown, now, but I still do lots of 
> parenting.
> (smile)
> I have a question:
> 1. We all know about the case that happened in Missouri in May of this 
> year.
> At our state convention, which will be in a couple of weeks,
> I am getting together many parents as a network/task force.
> I have written an information  letter to service providers and agencies 
> which:
> a. alerts them to the possibility of having a blind client
> B. gives them statistics (where I could find them) concerning blind
> people as parents
> C.  reassures them that blind people can be good parents
> and D. offers our services (either in a workshop/in service format or
> individually to the service provider or to the parent) to help the
> parents with any questions about parenting blind.
>
> Then, someone brought it to my attention that I might be re-inventing the 
> wheel.
> So, am I?
> Maybe someone was way ahead of me in crafting such a document.
> Can anyone give me more information????
> Thanks.
> Jan Wright
> IPOBC president
>
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