[blparent] crossing the street

Tue Feb 19 20:42:12 UTC 2013

Thank you!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] crossing the street


> Welcome and congratulations, Gloria.
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> Jo Elizabeth
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gloria G
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] crossing the street
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> Hello,
> My name is Gloria and I registered to this list because I was told by a
> friend that this list was for blind parents. I am about 4 and 1/2 months
> pregnant with my first child and I just wanted other blind parents to talk
> to----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] crossing the street
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>> yeah me too.
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>> Tammy
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>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:25 AM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] crossing the street
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>> Agree with Bob. I thought everybody turned their head for just the 
>> reasons Bob outlines.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert 
>> Shelton
>> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 2:21 PM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] crossing the street
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>> I thought most of us turned our heads to better scan the sounds of 
>> traffic.
>> I know that I do.  I don't think about it, but next time I'll try to be
>> conscious of whether it would be a natural motion for a sighted person.
>> FWIW, you get a far more complete picture of your environment if you do 
>> move
>> your head.  There are certain directions which can be ambiguous -- say 
>> front
>> and back , which resolve very easily when you turn your head.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sheila Leigland [mailto:sleigland at bresnan.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:24 AM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] crossing the street
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>> Hmm never thought about that one
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:13 AM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [blparent] crossing the street
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>> Hello, here's a subject I don't recall ever covering.  As we were 
>> crossing
>> the street a few days ago, my husband, Gab and I, I, of course, did not 
>> turn
>> my head to look, just listened to the road ahead.  My husband could not 
>> see
>> the traffic coming up the road due to a parked car so he took a few steps
>> forward to look around the car and Gab thought he was crossing.  I had
>> already stopped and she kept going, when my husband reached out and 
>> yanked
>> her back.
>> There was a car rapidly approaching.  She said she thought it wa safe
>> because dad stepped forward and she did not see me stop.
>> The reason for this post is I am wondering how others, us blind parents
>> teach our children to look for cars on a busy or eeven a not so busy 
>> road.
>> I have always said look both ways, first to the left, then the right and
>> then again to the left.
>> But I think because we, the blind community, don't turn our heads, our
>> children follow our lead.
>> Your thoughts?
>> V
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