[blparent] Kids and Meds

[Tay Laurie]

drug company reps, who tout meds for literally everything.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
To: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>; "Blind Parents Mailing List" 
<blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Kids and Meds


> If anything, I've had doctors get very concerned that I wouldn't be
> able to administer meds to Erik. I presume though that doctors will
> prescribe meds to a child regardless of a parents' visual acuity.
>
> On 3/30/12, Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I'm wondering if blind parents are any more likely than sighted parents 
>> to
>> be told that their children need medication.  It's possible that doctors
>> assume the blind parent can't take other steps to help a child settle 
>> down,
>> or that an active child will be too much for a blind parent to handle. 
>> What
>> are people's experiences?
>>
>> Debbie
>>
>>
>>
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