[blparent] Therapist seeking help

[Peggy Taylor]

I am a family therapist working with a father with limited vision.  His son is in foster care because of issues related to the mother's care of the boy.  The father has not been an active parent because of the relationship with the mother.   He is hoping to have his son reintegrated into his home.

The first case manager involved with the family dismissed him as a primary caretaker for the child.  Fortunately, the current case manager is open to this outcome.   My concern is that other parties involved in deciding on reintegration for this family may not see him as a viable parent.  I hope to be prepared to counter that skepticism with  solid information to the contrary.

I joined your list serve in the hope that you will share information about the strengths of blind parents and about how blind parents are able to effectively parent their children.  I know this happens regularly as a close friend in grade school was the daughter of two blind parents and their home was one of my favorite hang outs.  But I would like to have more than  my anecdotal experience to counter any resistance this father may face from uninformed skeptics.

I really appreciate any help you can offer!!

Thanks!

Peggy

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