[blparent] Child Protective Services

[Peggy]

I have no doubt that child protective services gets called on blind people a 
lot, only because people don't know how we would do things or they might see 
a certain thing that concerns them ... really I guess they probably think 
they are doing the right thing.  I did foster care for a number of years and 
had cps called on me twice ... both times the claims were unfounded and the 
worker went on her merry way.  I also have had the cops called on me a 
couple times, but again, they have come out, investigated, found nothing 
amiss, and never bothered me again.  If you are feeding, clothing, bathing, 
basically caring for your child and your home is clean ... meaning, you 
know, as clean as it can possibly be with a new baby, very little sleep, 
etc.  But as long as it's not a hazzard to anyone, you'll be fine.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Heather Barcal
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:24 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Child Protective Services

Hello all.

I am pregnant with my first baby.  I have read an article, and just
started reading a book, both of which talk about how Child Protective
Services has been called on blind parents, just because they were
blind.  My questions are, have any of you dealt with this?  Does it
happen when both parents are blind and/or if only one of the parents
is blind?  How frequently does this happen?

Heather

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