[blparent] Child Protective Services & blind parenting

[janel]

Hi:
my son's father and I took child care classes at the hospital where I 
delivered as well.  At the end of the last class the instructor stated that 
she wanted to schedule for a Socialworker to come to our home to make sure 
that the home was baby proof and ready for a newborn.  My son's father got 
very upset and I did as well.
I know that socialworkers coming to a sighted couple's home is not standard 
and I believe that because she saw a blind couple getting ready to have 
their first baby, she assumed that this was necessary for us.
The next day, he called the hospital to complain and noone ever came to the 
house.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Child Protective Services & blind parenting


> Bridgit,
>
> Congratulations! If the hospital where you will deliver offers
> childbirth / baby care classes, I would suggest taking advantage of
> them, if for no other reason than it will give the med team an
> opportunity to realize that they don't have anything to worry about
> when a blind couple is involved. I agree that we shouldn't have to
> jump through additional hoops just because we are blind, but I'm glad
> I took these classes at my hospital. I wanted to minimize the "OMG
> blind people!" factor, and it worked really well for us. Congrats
> again!
>
> Angie
>
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