[blparent] new member (cheree)

Thu Oct 28 20:47:04 UTC 2010

Cheree, welcome to this list.  Veronica

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Behalf Of cridzon.85 at gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 8:44 AM
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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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From: "Peggy Shald" <pshald at neb.rr.com>
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:34:12
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List<blparent at nfbnet.org>
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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.

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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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