[blparent] Kids and Meds

[Tay Laurie]

Sometimes, even though I hope to heaven this is rare, they will drug blind 
children of sighted parents. For females, as they did with me, they will put 
them on something like seasonale. Their rationalisation? "It's easier for 
the parents  to care for the menstruation if it's less frequent, since the 
child can never do it on her own." Even though I had demonstrated I was 
fully cappalbe of doing so.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'Deborah Kent Stein'" <dkent5817 at att.net>; "'Blind Parents Mailing 
List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Kids and Meds


> That is a great idea/thought, I wonder what the take on that is.  Are the
> Doctors more likely to want to drug children of blind parents?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Deborah Kent Stein
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 2:45 PM
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> Subject: [blparent] Kids and Meds
>
>
>
> 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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