[blparent] FW: Question for blind parents

[Tracey Turri]

Yes, I would be interested if the prices were around the same as a
product you could buy in a store.  Perhaps if starting up a whole
online store was to much at first you could atach it to a store like
blind mice mart or independant liveing aids.
Great idea, as an expecting blind mom a store or at the very least a
resource page would be very helpful.
Good luck,
Tracey

On 11/15/12, Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC <lmartinez217 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know about a store specifically geared toward blind parents but
> maybe a resource page or a wicky page with links to buy thoset products.
> Usually you can get bargain deals if you shop around online so I wouldn't
> want to be stuck with one place to buy everything just because it happens to
> be particularly accessible to blind parents. I have heard that a resource
> page exists somewhere  but I have yet to find one jeered toward us.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 14, 2012, at 10:30 PM, "mary jo hartle" <mjhartle23 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>            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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