[blparent] Parenting Without Sight - Survey - Revised Link

[David Andrews]

I read all the messages. I am the person who runs all the NFB lists, 
so I reaed everything.

You haven't hurt my feelings, or anything, I just object to what I 
think are your assumptions. I also think your intentions are good. 
You seem to assume that being a blind parent is more dangerous than 
being a sighted parent, and go on to try and identify those 
situations where it is true.

This helps perpetuate the idea that blind persons can't safely take 
care of kids.

Dave

At 04:14 PM 5/21/2017, you wrote:
>Hello David,
>
>Thank you for responding.
>
>I am extremely sorry if I hurt your sentiments in any way. I am not sure if
>you followed the other email conversation I sent. I did mention that the
>almost all the same questions were asked to Sighted Parents and this survey
>is not targeting Blind Parents in any way. This is the link sent to Sighted
>Parents
>
>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZNZwV3IigIXkrSIwW-3KqH0KF0AYRv64clOqdbZxdI4mrRg/viewform?c=0&w=1
>
>I strongly believe that Blind Parents are wholly capable of raising their
>own children and don't mean to undermine your capacities in any way. If you
>could briefly read up the other thread sent by me I think it may help clear
>out some things.
>
>If you think I am approaching you with a good intention then it would be
>extremely kind of you to fill out the complete survey.
>
>Nevertheless, I'm extremely sorry to upset you.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Alomi Parikh
>
>On May 22, 2017 2:01 AM, "David Andrews via BlParent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>wrote:
>
>I am not sure what your problem is, I found the survey to be accessible.
>However, it made me mad, so I stopped part way through. The survey seems to
>assume that there are things about being a blind parent that are dangerous.
>There are dangers for blind parents, and dangers for sighted parents too.
>Your survey seems to assume that there are tasks that can only be done
>visually, and this isn't necessarily true.
>
>My kids have never been injured on my watch, and they are now 14 and 15.
>
>Dave
>
>
>At 02:15 PM 5/15/2017, you wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was able to get to the form this time,but unable to fill it out.  Blind
> > computer users navigate with keystrokes, not the mouse.  If your form is an
> > image file, then screen reader users will not be able to access it.  Can
> > you
> > put your form in Word, for instance, and will give it another try?
> >
> > Better yet, place the survey in an e-mail and send it to the list.
> >
> > Is this survey the questions I addressed earlier?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Judy
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Judy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Alomi
> > Parikh via BlParent
> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 1:02 PM
> > To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> > Cc: alomiparikh24 at gmail.com
> > Subject: [blparent] Parenting Without Sight - Survey - Revised Link
> >
> > I've invited you to fill out the following form:
> > Parenting Without Sight
> >
> > To fill it out, visit:
> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfefORofjYD44EXGuzv
> > zORiu7AeNnPT_vDp
> > IpCdThb2Btol0w/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > Respected Sir/Madam,
> >
> > This is a follow-up email to my previous email regarding Parenting Without
> > Sight.
> >
> > There seemed to be some problem with the previous link. The revised link is
> > below.
> >
> > It would mean a lot to me if you could fill out this quick survey I am
> > conducting. It would hardly take 5 minutes. It would be of great help to
> > me.
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfefORofjYD44EXGuzv
> > zORiu7AeNnPT_vDp
> > IpCdThb2Btol0w/viewform?c=0&w=1
> >
> > Please do get back to me if you would like to help me further in this
> > project.
> >
> > Thank you so much for your time.
> >