[blparent] new member (cheree)

Wed Oct 27 16:38:00 UTC 2010

Hi cheree:
Welcome to the list. I also had glaucoma and understand the pain of the 
disease. I'm also on facebook and always enjoy connecting with other blind 
parents.
I tried to locate you through your e-mail address but couldn't find your 
name.

Anjelina
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
Albert Einstein
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cridzon.85 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] new member (cheree)

> Hello to all,
>
> My name is cheree. My daughter and I are both legally blind. We were both 
> born with a rare eye condition called Aniridia (no iris). Along with 
> aniridia I was unfortunate to have congenital glaucoma, cataracts, and 
> nystagmus. My daughter thankfuly just deals with aniridia and nystagmus. 
> We both go through our share of road trips to opthomologists and 
> specialists quit often as I'm sure most of you can relate to. In 2009 imy 
> left eye was removed due to glaucoma. Its definately a disease that is way 
> more powerful than most people realize. Luckily I couldn't see out of that 
> eye since I was 15 so I didn't really have a hard time letting go lol.  We 
> reside in Greensburg, IN. I've been a member of the indiana NFB for almost 
> 2 years now. I try to be as much involved in the parents division as I can 
> be. I'm also a full time member of the Greensburg Lions Club so I'm pretty 
> busy trying to keep commited to both. Just wanted to hop on here and 
> introduce myself and hope to get to know a lot of you better. I'm not able 
> to get on this listserv often so if you'd like to privately get ahold of 
> me at anytime just email me at cridzon.85 at gmail.com or on fb.
>
> Thanks for your time and have a great day :)
>
> Cheree ridzon
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Peggy Shald" <pshald at neb.rr.com>
> Sender: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:34:12
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List<blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Reply-To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>
>
> That happens a lot.  I have three kids ... 18, 10 and 5 months and the 
> older
> two at various times in their lives have been thanked or praised for 
> taking
> very good care of mommy.  Fun isn't it.  I would guess that child 
> protective
> services are called more or respond more to blind parents because they 
> have
> no clue how we could possibly raise a child.  I did foster care for a 
> while
> and believe me ... there are great people working in the system but most
> aren't the most intelligent people I've ever met.
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 2:15 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>
>> We had a visit, with a sighted soupose, but it was because someone called
>> in on us for stupid stuff.  I do most of the caregiving, but people seem
>> to assume that because Gerald is around, he could handle an emergency.  I
>> had one lady at the park tell Sarah that she must take really good care 
>> of
>> his mommy.  I said for a two-year-old, she did all right.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:51 PM
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I suspect that the majority who are visited are blind couples or single
>>> blind parents.  If there is a sighted spouse in the household then the
>>> assumption seems to be that everything is under control.
>>>
>>> Debbie
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:19 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>>>
>>>
>>>> That means though that 75% have not been visited though
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On Behalf Of Anjelina
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:04 AM
>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>>>>
>>>> That sure is a scary statistic. Hopefully the Parenting Without Sight
>>>> booklet helps educate CPS  workers.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:39 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> wow, I was going to check TLG next... I've looked on the NFB site, as
>>>> well
>>>>> as AFB and ACB. The only stat I found on the NFB site was an estimate
>>>> that
>>>>> 1 in 4 households containing blind parents has been visited by CPS...
>>>>> Yikes!
>>>>> D
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Jan Wright" <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:13 AM
>>>>> Subject: [blparent] stats
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Dina,
>>>>>> I did not find stats and I even went to
>>>>>> the looking glass
>>>>>> But, if you find them, please share them.
>>>>>> Jan
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