[blparent] police called

Sat Nov 7 18:31:26 UTC 2015

"If the kids are well-dressed, clean, cared for, chances are there
won't be any problems." Haha! Too funny!

On 11/7/15, Star Gazer via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 			Yup, Judy is right. They are like engineers for the
> body and if they can't fix it, they go brain dead.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
> via BlParent
> Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 1:24 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Judy Jones <Judy.Jones at icbvi.idaho.gov>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> I love that.
>
> Doctors can be some of the worst, because they are going by the so-called
> "medical model," which does us more damage because of the false perceptions
> of disability.  If Medical can't fix it, they don't know what to do with
> it.
>
> Judy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
> Elizabeth Pinto via BlParent
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 11:04 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> Oh, Robert, doctors should know better, but they sometimes don't.  My
> little
> girl has figured out how to deal with them.  A while back, one of the
> nurses
> where I go said in that cheesy sweet voice they get,  "Honey, can you bring
> your mommy over to the scale so we can see how much she weighs?"  And my
> daughter said, "Nope, I'm busy coloring.  She can go over there all by
> herself.  She's got a dog to take her places."  And then on that visit, I
> happened to need drops for an eye infection, and the doctor said to my
> daughter, "Now, she needs to put them in four times a day.  Every day, so
> her eyes will get better.  You can help her with that, right?  It's very
> important."  And my daughter said, "She can do it by herself.  She put my
> eyedrops in when I got pinkeye last year, and I didn't even want to let
> her."  And then when we were leaving, my daughter said in that stage
> whisper
> kids get where everyone in the world can hear them, "Mom, I like my doctor
> more better.  She doesn't talk to kids like they're stupid.  You should go
> to her instead."  She meant the pediatrician.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "The Bright Side of Darkness"
> is my newly published novel,
> available in Kindle, audio, and paperback formats at Amazon.com.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Shelton via BlParent
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 10:30 AM
> To: 'Judy Jones' ; 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Cc: Robert Shelton
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> Wow, this thread has been fun. Now, I've got to add my own little story --
> not about police, but my doctor.
>
> Last year, my GP retired. He was a wonderful doctor, East Texas through and
> through. His place was a tiny office in the strip maul just a few blocks
> from my house. I could easily walk there if needbe. So, when he hung it up,
> I had to break in a newby.
>
> My wife's internist, Dr. Rajahn, is not a native born American -- South
> Asia, I'd guess. She's part of a large medical conglomerate in a midrise
> medical building a few miles away. They "automate" *everything*, yet lost
> the reems of forms I spent the better part of an hour completing on their
> website. They actually lost the web version and the paper version my wife
> had to fill out in the waiting room. When I finally got to see the doctor,
> all she could do was ask me silly questions like who took care of me, where
> does your wife work, You're working? Where? Doing what? How do you walk
> around? She was so distracted, she barely touched me. She even forgot to
> request a PSA -- I'm 65 years old, and I like to keep track of that.
>
> Needless to say, I was very disappointed, but she is reputedly good from a
> technical standpoint, and she ran a very broad spectrum of tests (other
> than
> the PSA) which picked up a couple of things that needed attention. I was
> still very tempted to find another GP, but inertia won out. I typically see
> a doctor for a yearly physical, and nothing else.
>
> So, I went back this year. This time, there were only 4 pages of forms to
> complete, and they actually had all my information. Maybe they replaced
> their records person. This time, Dr. Rajahn was far less distracted, and
> gave me the most thorough examination I can imagine. That's a good thing.
> But, she still was incredulous that I was actually working, and when I told
> her I worked for NASA, she said "What could you possibly do for them?" When
> I told her, I could see she thought I was crazy. I pulled my phone out of
> my
> pocket and activated it. VoiceOver came up, and I said "This is a 5 year
> old
> iPhone. Everything in my world talks, computer, TV remote, , even my
> watch."
> You really are clueless about blindness, and while it is sadly true that
> unemployment and under employment is higher than we would like, most of us
> are independent." She still asked me to walk across the tiny examining
> room,
> I guess to prove I could walk. I took two steps and stopped before walking
> into the examining table, which I knew was there. She asked me how I knew
> when to stop. I pulled up my best geeky superhero voice and said
> "Bliiiiiiiiind Radar!"
>
> You guys are right about the importance of a sense of humor. Those of you
> who know me would have expected me to become very angry, but I've been
> working on that. I even offered to serve as a resource if (God forbid) she
> ever had another blind patient and had general questions about blindness. I
> also suggested that she Google the National Federation, and being an equal
> opportunity guy also suggested the American Counsel.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judy Jones [mailto:Judy.Jones at icbvi.idaho.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 4:54 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> I love that.
>
> I have a friend who carries a fancy pair of gold clippers in her purse for
> that purpose.
>
> Judy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer S
> Jackson via BlParent
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 3:05 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Cc: Jennifer S Jackson
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> When I was in college I had this great o & m guy a few times that in
> addition to doing a stellar job, also kept a sizable sharp knife with him
> to
> cut back shrubbery and small tree limbs. God bless him!
>
> So one day he is out on a lesson with a friend of mine and she has stopped
> at an intersection and an acquaintance stops in a car to offer a ride. My
> friend says no thinks and the woman gets rather insistent. She finally says
> to my friend that she really needs to get in the car because there is a man
> with a knife who has been following her. :)
>
> The best thing I learned from Jimmy was to get my own knife. Before I had
> kids and all their stuff to carry instead, I always kept a good one in my
> bag so I could help people out by trimming up their landscaping when it was
> growing over the sidewalk. :) I am a giver that way. I always really wanted
> a little battery operated chainsaw to carry instead.
>
>
> Jennifer J
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
> via BlParent
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 3:37 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: Judy Jones
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> This did not happen to me, but a friend related it.  He was blinded during
> the Vietnam war, and while in training at the center in Chicago for vets,
> he
> says that one of the friends he met there had some partial vision, but all
> were supposed to be under blindfold to learn their cane skills.
>
> Apparently this guy got really turned around, so cheated and peak.  A
> policeman happened to be in the vicinity, noticed his lost condition and
> asked him for assistance.  He stated he was not sure, but that he thought
> someone might be following him, could it be checked out.
>
> Of course, the one following him was the trainer from the center, about a
> half block away, and the trainer was escorted downtown until the story
> could
> be checked.
>
> I am a former guide dog user, and we had mighty fun at the guide dog school
> in San Rafael where I attended.  Noone watching the promo films has a clue
> what sometimes is going on in the background hahahaha!
>
> Judy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer
> via BlParent
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 2:12 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Cc: Star Gazer
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> Entertain us or just me Judy, I want some stories.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
> via BlParent
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 3:40 PM
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> Cc: Judy Jones <Judy.Jones at icbvi.idaho.gov>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> Can you imagine the number of "stupid" calls they get?  That one was
> probably at the top of the list for the day.  Our office is not a police
> office, but we do get our share as well, probably most offices do.
>
> Judy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer
> via BlParent
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 10:24 AM
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> Cc: Star Gazer
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> Anybody can call the police
> for anything. I'd not let this worry you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
> via BlParent
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:01 PM
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> Cc: Judy Jones <jtj1 at cableone.net>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> I'll bet the officer thought it was just as ridiculous, too.  Hahahaha?
> Some, People!
>
> Judy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto via BlParent
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 9:56 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> I don't remember reading Jennifer's  story, but we tend to stand out as
> blind people.  It's probably more nerve-wracking when there are children
> involved.  *Smile.*  Sometimes it feels like living out in public and
> raising our kids, we're in a fishbowl.  It can be scary, but maybe our best
> defense is a sense of humore.
>
> The police got called on me once because I was digging out a strip of grass
> to make a flower bed in my own yard, years before I had my daughter.  It
> was
> along the sidewalk  facing the street, and my then husband and I were going
> to have a fence put in, so there was a string marking where the fence would
> go, but no fence yet.  I was minding my own business, using my gardening
> tools, when an officer walked up and introduced himself.  He said someone
> had called the police from the apartment building across the busy street
> because I had been seen digging in the grass and the neighbors were afraid
> I
> wouldn't know where to stop.  The concerned citizens in the apartment
> across
> the road were worried that I would dig right through the concrete sidewalk
> and the gutter and work my way out into traffic!
>
> I couldn't keep myself from laughing.  I told the officer that if I, a
> 120-pound blind lady with a hand trowel and a gardening rake, could dig
> through a six-foot-wide sidewalk and an asphalt gutter without even knowing
> it and end up in a busy street, the neighbors across the road and the city
> police force would have a bigger problem on their hands than they could
> solve by themselves.  Besides, I hadn't even been facing the street.  I'd
> been digging parallel to the sidewalk.  The officer laughed, too, and went
> on his way.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "The Bright Side of Darkness"
> is my newly published novel,
> available on Kindle and in paperback at Amazon.com.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jessica via BlParent
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 9:20 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: jessicac.kostiw at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [blparent] police called
>
> Oh my gosh! It didn't even occur to me that the priest could be called when
> I'm walking down the street with my daughter! Frankly, excuse my French,
> that scares the hell out of me! I may not have been on this list when
> you're
> told that story, what happened?
> LOL! I'm feeding my daughter right now and dictating. That was supposed to
> say the priest not the priest. Police
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 4, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Jennifer S Jackson via blparent
>> <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> We post here occasionally about our own fears or experiences as blind
>> parents and various local authorities. I think I shared before about
>> being out on an o and m walk and having people call the police because
>> I was out walking with a baby. That same day I was reported to my
>> mother and sister by various people who saw me out including the one
>> who said that I was with a man who was not my husband. J
>>
>>
>>
>> So today I was working out at the gym when  I received a call from an
>> unidentified caller and I almost did not answer. My 11 year old had
>> actually just left a few minutes before after stopping in on his way
>> from home to the library. The police sergeant identified himself and
>> just wanted to confirm I knew were Henry was. In fact when I sounded
>> concerned he assured me that his family home schools to and that my
>> son was polite and respectful.
>>
>>
>>
>> I know this is kind of a no news event, but I think sometimes we
>> forget to share when things are going well as they probably are most
>> of
> the time.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jennifer J
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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