[blparent] Glad to join

Wed May 18 18:52:14 UTC 2011

I know a blind couple in Chicago who adopted a blind child about six months 
ago.  It's my understanding that blind parents are not allowed to adopt 
sighted children from China anymore, but adopting blind children is still 
considered okay.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join

> My husband can see but a couple of years after we adopted, China stopped 
> letting blind people adopt their children.
> When we were in China, after we got the twins, whenever we were out in 
> public and we'd stop the people would crowd around like a group of 
> fascinated children.
> Barbara
>
>
>
>
> Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay 
> any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose 
> any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.--John 
> F. Kennedy
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Erin Rumer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:16 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> They sound adorable.  Did you have to go through a lot as a blind couple 
> to
> adopt from China or were you treated pretty equally?  I've never known any
> blind couples who've adopted abroad so I'd love to hear a little of your
> experience.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:33 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> Erin, My husband, David, and I adopted blind twins from China almost six
> years ago.  Jesse and Paul will be nine next month.  They are also on the
> lower end of the autism spectrum.
> They were born in the high mountains of southwestern China so have never
> liked the heat of our Iowa summers.
> My husband--and the two cats--is the only sighted person in our house.  He
> is retired, being a much older dad and I stay at home even though the kids
> are in school.
> Barbara
>
>
>
>
> Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay
> any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose
> any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.--John
> F. Kennedy -----Original Message-----
> From: Erin Rumer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:19 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> That's wonderful.  I have several friends who foster and-or have adopted. 
> I
> have a recent picture of me holding my son Dawson who's 6 months old
> weighing 18 pounds and at 28 inches long along with a friend's foster 
> child
> who is 2 years old and the same size.  The picture is adorable and so 
> funny
> since there's such an age difference between the two boys.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Brandy W
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:25 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> Hello, My name is Brandy. I currently have an in home daycare and tutoring
> business in Austin, TX, but am moving to MI at the end of June where I'll
> reopen.
>
> I hope to someday adopt or foster infants.
>
> I'm also one of the Discovery Toy consultants on list.
>
> Talk soon,
>
> Bran
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:17 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> Erin, I live in rio Rancho New Mexico and am a stay at home mom.  I am
> presently seeking a job as my daughter is already 11 and heading into 
> middle
> school next year. I hae been part of this group for a few years now and 
> love
> it.  I also feel like each and every one of the people here are related to
> me in one way or another.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:28 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> Hello blind parents,
>
> Thank you all so much for your warm welcome emails.  I think that I'm 
> going
> to make some lasting friendships here and I hope I'll get a chance to meet
> some of you at future conventions and other events.  Unfortunately, I 
> don't
> have any plans to make it to convention this year, but hopefully I'll be
> able to get to one soon.
>
> I currently live in Tucson, AZ where my husband took a job with the VA 
> Blind
> Rehab hospital here as an assistive technology instructor.  Before that we
> lived in Portland, OR where I worked as an Training Class Specialist for
> Guide Dogs for the Blind and my husband worked for the VA there as an O&M
> Specialist.  My husband David and I both grew up in IL though and made our
> move out west five years into our marriage when David took a job as a
> Teacher of the Visually Impaired and O&M Instructor for the schools in
> Eugene, OR.  We lived 6 glorious years in Oregon.  We love Oregon
> tremendously and hope to make it back that way some day, but for now David
> has a great job with wonderful co-workers so we can't complain.  Tucson is
> light years away from Portland when it comes to pedestrian friendliness 
> and
> accessibility which has made it quite challenging for me, but we're 
> working
> through it.  It's going to be Dawson's first hot summer here in Tucson, 
> and
> he's already not a fan of the heat so it will be interesting to see what 
> he
> thinks of a hundred and fifteen degrees for weeks on end. YIKES!
>
> Dawson and I have started going to an infant play group at a local center
> open to the public and he is loving it and already making eyes at the 
> girls.
> It was funny because a few moms really were shocked with how I 
> independently
> got around with Dawson just pulling his stroller behind me and with how I
> could keep track of exactly where he was if I moved away to grab a new toy
> for him or something.  A lot of the moms thought for a while that I could
> see quite a bit, but now they've gotten used to me and really have gained 
> an
> education on how moms who are blind do things just as well as sighted 
> moms,
> just sometimes a little modified.  In addition to the play group our 
> church
> also does a play date once month which is fun to go to and collaborate 
> with
> other moms and every Thursday I go to a breastfeeding support group at the
> hospital Dawson was born at here in town which is wonderful.  I love 
> taking
> advantage of all the family geared events I possibly can to get to know
> others in my area and give Dawson the opportunity to socialize with other
> little tikes.  In the fall I'm hoping to start taking Dawson to bilingual
> classes for infants that is offered at an international school here in 
> town.
> That should be lots of fun and mom will learn a ton right along with baby.
> SMILING.
>
> I was working on my Masters in Vision Rehab Therapy through Western 
> Michigan
> University, but when Dawson was 3 months old and I found myself getting up
> at 3:00 a.m. just to study and watch my classes on-line, I realized that
> burning my wick at both ends wasn't going to do me or Dawson any good. 
> This
> time is precious so I put my program on hold and I knew that was the right
> decision because the very night I dropped my classes for the term my milk
> poured in and here I was worried that I was beginning to dry-up.  What a
> miracle and it's amazing what a little less stress can do for the body.
>
> Look forward to chatting more with you all.
>
> Erin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of jill
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:18 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> Hi,
> Glad to have you on the list.  I am also a stay at home Mom now.  I worked
> previously as a rehab teacher and then lastly a service rep with SSA.  I 
> am
> 40 and have 3 children ; John 13, Lucas 6 and Olivia 10 months.  There is 
> a
> lot of interesting and helpful folks on the list.
>
> Jill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 12:37 AM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Glad to join
>
> Hello blind parents,
>
>
>
> My name is Erin and I'm thrilled to find a quality list serv for parents 
> who
> are blind.  I have a six month old little boy named Dawson who is the joy 
> of
> my husband David and my life.  He is doing so many new things nearly every
> day which is wonderful to witness and my guide dog Provo and him are just
> the best of buds.  It's really sweet to see exactly how close my guide has
> gotten to Dawson and Dawson just giggles with delight whenever he sees the
> dog around.
>
>
>
> I've been blind since birth with LCA.  I have put my career outside of the
> home on hold in order to be a stay at home mom which I feel very blessed 
> to
> be able to do.  Our son is truly the sunshine of our lives and after 
> nearly
> 12 years of marriage I can honestly say that he was worth the wait.
>
>
>
> I look forward to corresponding with all of you on a variety of subjects 
> and
> it's great to know that I now have others I can throw questions out to 
> when
> needed since I don't have that many blind friends who are also parents.
>
>
>
> Warmly,
>
>
>
> Erin
>
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