[blparent] FW: Question for blind parents

[Veronica Smith]

There is a place called blind Bargains, could this be what you are thinking
of?

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria
Martinez, NOMC
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:51 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: Question for blind parents

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. 

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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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