[blparent] FW: Question for blind parents

[mary jo hartle]

            Hi all,

            This is a question for my own curiosity that kind of came out of
a recent parent's meeting we had at our state convention for the NFB.  As
blind parents, there are a lot of tools and resources we use.  WE buy
certain products (i.e., strollers we can pull behind us and use with our
canes, baby carrying packs, bells or noise makers for our kids shoes,
notched syringes for feeding our babies or administering medicine,
accessible baby monitors, etc.) that help us to be more effective parents.
Most of these are mainstream products which some of us have found to be more
"blind friendly".  Sometimes though we hear about something we want to use
and have to hunt it down or get it from a specific place.  For example, twin
vision books, or car seats that have built in wheels which allow it to
become a stroller.   So, I was thinking about resources I've used and time
I've spent finding the right thing and had an idea.  Usually, we ask each
other for recommendations and then go hunt down the product.  But, what if
there was a kind of online store or one-stop shop for all things for blind
parents?  I wanted to get some of your opinions as blind parents as to
whether or not you would find such a shop useful.  Would you appreciate
having a place where everything was designed for blind parents, or a place
where "best-practice" mainstream products which have proven to be "blind
friendly" could be found all in one place?  Or does such a place already
exist and I've just not heard of it?  If such a place existed and its prices
were comparable to other places, would you use it?  Why or why not?  What
kinds of products would you like to see in such a place?  Also, most of the
examples I gave were relevant to parents of young children, so what needs do
you who are parents of older children find you have?  

I'd really like to hear your feedback on this idea-both good and bad.  Who
knows?  Maybe something will come of it.  

 

Thanks. 

Mary Jo Hartle 

 

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