[nabs-l] perseptions of future parents

[Jorge Paez]

To be honest, I'm probably the youngest member of the list, so I haven't come across such ignorance, but I'm shocked at how much of this still exists today.
I think the only way to dismiss these myths is the way we've always dealt with issues like this, to keep showing people threw blind roll models, and when needed, to fight it out in the court system.

I really don't see another way.

Jorge



Thanks.



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On Aug 29, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Beth wrote:

> I always thought i could be a parent, and some people have said I
> should marry a sighted man just so I wouldn't have these problems.
> But my current significant other is blind, and if we married and had
> kids, I don't see why we would have problems in the first place.
> First-time mothers should know that ALL first-time mothers go through
> nursing things.  My aunt had nine kids, or she has a ninth child on
> the way, and she had her eighth child premature.  He had a few nursing
> difficulties, but it wasn't my aunt's fault.  She is sighted, luckily,
> but if it were I having had nine kids, ... well, I wouldn't have that
> many kids because it's just too many to put on a bus or lite rail.  My
> friend Blake said I should control the number and spacing of kids, but
> that's a whole different subject right there.  There is a blind
> parents division listserv for those interested btw.
> Beth
> 
> On 8/29/10, Rob Blachowicz <rob_blach at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> My point in bringing this up is to ask how do we educate and be ambassadors
>> for the blind on this issue.
>> 
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 8:46 PM
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] perseptions of future parents
>> 
>>> I think you're preaching to the choir.  No one would ever claim blind
>>> people
>>> cannot properly care for children.  In my opinion, where certain
>>> techniques
>>> fall short, nature firmly takes over.
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
>>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
>>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rob Blachowicz
>>> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:38 PM
>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] perseptions of future parents
>>> 
>>> I know we've been discussing the perseptions of sighted people.
>>> I have noticed a lot of people have the same sort of
>>> perseptions that Blind people can not properly take care of a
>>> new born child on their own including the past case we helped
>>> fight.  I've talked to some sighted people on this case and they said
>>> "Blind parents could not see to properly nurse or support a
>>> child's head and will hurt or break the baby's bones".
>>> This is the kind of ignarence we fight every day and it fuels
>>> me how many people actually believe this.  I'd like to hear
>>> others comments.
>>> Rob Blachowicz
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