
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Thank you<div>Nicole</div><div><br></div><div>Nicole D. Fincham-Shehan</div><div>President </div><div><br></div><div>Treasure Coast Chapter</div><div>National Federation of the Blind of Florida </div><div>Home Phone: 561-366-7841 </div><div>Cell Phone: 410-493-4461 </div><div>Email: treasurecoastnfb@gmail.com</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Denise Valkema via NFBF-L <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> June 1, 2021 at 9:35:49 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> NFBF <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org>, NFBF <nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Denise Valkema <valkemadenise@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBF-L] Blind Parents | National Federation of the Blind</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org><br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Lato, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">A new resource for blind parents. </span></font></div><ul style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/advocacy-resources/blind-parents-essential-guide-effective-communication" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">A Blind Parent’s Essential Guide to Effective Communication from Public and Private Schools</a></li></ul>https://nfb.org/our-community/blind-parents</div><div class="region region-above-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div id="block-nfb-pagetitle" class="block block-core block-page-title-block" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 class="page-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-size: 52px; font-weight: 500; color: inherit;"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></h1><h1 class="page-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-size: 52px; font-weight: 500; color: inherit;"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Blind Parents</span></h1></div></div><div class="region region-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div id="block-nfb-mainpagecontent" class="block block-system block-system-main-block" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><article data-history-node-id="3608" role="article" about="/our-community/blind-parents" class="node node--type-page node--view-mode-full clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="node__content clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.8; padding: 0px;">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blind parents are fully capable and have been successfully raising children for generations.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.8; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Blind parents pose at the NFB National Convention with their child sitting on the father's shoulders." data-entity-type="image" data-entity-uuid="0" height="364" src="https://nfb.org/sites/default/files/image-content/our-community/DSC_0035.JPG" width="546" class="align-right" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px;" data-unique-identifier="">There are aspects of parenting as a blind person which take some thought, and there are specific alternative techniques blind parents use in order to keep their children safe, healthy, and happy.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.8; padding: 0px;">Please explore the links below to some of our resources, and <a href="https://nfb.org/about-us/state-affiliates" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">contact your state affiliate</a> to ask about additional programs available in your local area. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to <a href="https://nfb.org/about-us/contact-us" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">contact us at the national headquarters</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.8; padding: 0px;">Through these resources, we strive to build a strong network for blind parents, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers where questions can be answered, experiences can be shared, and alternative techniques can be learned.</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; color: inherit; font-size: 36px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Blind Parents Connection Podcast</em></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.8; padding: 0px;">The <a href="https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/nations-blind-podcast/blind-parents-connection-podcast" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Blind Parents Connection Podcast</em></a> is a Blind Parent Education Initiative supported by the Gibney Family Foundation and brought to you by National Federation of the Blind. Subscribe and listen by searching for <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Nation's Blind Podcast"</em> in your podcast client. </p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; color: inherit; font-size: 36px;">NFB Blind Parents Group</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blparent_nfbnet.org" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">NFB Blind Parents Group Mailing List</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="mailto:parenting@nfb.org" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Send an Email to the NFB Blind Parents Group</a></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; color: inherit; font-size: 36px;">Blind Parent Mentoring</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/blind-parent-mentoring" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Blind Parent Mentoring Program</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/blog/join-national-federation-blind-parent-mentoring-program" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"Join the National Federation of the Blind Parent Mentoring Program" (NFB Blog Post)</a></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; color: inherit; font-size: 36px;">Videos</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0o1UhctEw&spfreload=10" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"Living Life as a Blind Parent" (2014)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD1PWeSDlMQ" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"The Right to Raise a Family" (2015)</a></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; color: inherit; font-size: 36px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nation's Blind Podcast</em></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.8; padding: 0px;">The <a href="https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/nations-blind-podcast" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nation's Blind Podcast</em></a> highlights different themes related to blindness, independent living, and news from the National Federation of the Blind. Here are some episodes related to parenting. Subscribe and listen by searching for <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Nation's Blind Podcast"</em> in your podcast client. </p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/podcast/nations-blind/traveling_with_children.mp3" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Bonus Episode, December 2017, Traveling with Children</a> </li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/podcast/nations-blind/nations_blind_podcast_special_edition_number_4_final_final.mp3" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Bonus Episode 4, July 2017, Working Alongside Blind Parents</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/podcast/nations-blind/the_nations_blind_podcast_bonus_episode_3.mp3" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Bonus Episode 3, May 2017, Working Alongside Blind Parents</a></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; color: inherit; font-size: 36px;">Resources and Literature</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/advocacy-resources/blind-parents-essential-guide-effective-communication" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">A Blind Parent’s Essential Guide to Effective Communication from Public and Private Schools</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/blog/parenting-while-blind" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"Parenting While Blind" (NFB Blog Post)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.ncd.gov/publications/2012/Sep272012" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children (National Council on Disability)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.ada.gov/doj_hhs_ta/child_welfare_ta.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Protecting the Rights of Parents and Prospective Parents with Disabilities: Technical Assistance for State and Local Child Welfare Agencies and Courts under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (U.S. Department of Health And Human Services and U.S. Department of Justice)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/blog/advantages-being-blind-parent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"The Advantages of Being a Blind Parent" (NFB Blog Post)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/blog-categories/parenting" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Parenting (NFB Blog Category)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/books/kernel1/MakingHay.html#baby" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"Baby-Sitting" (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Making Hay</em> Article)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm92/brlm9202.htm#8" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"Independence: To Have and to Hold" (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Braille Monitor</em> Article)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr12/Issue2/f120201.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"It Takes More Than Love" (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Future Reflections </em>Article)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm86/bm8601/bm860109.htm" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"To Be a Parent" (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Braille Monitor</em> Article)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/brochures/BlindParents/ParentingWithoutSight.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Parenting without Sight: What Attorneys and Social Workers Should Know about Blindness (NFB Brochure)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr12/Issue2/f120201.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">"It Takes More Than Love" (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Future Reflections</em> article)</a></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; color: inherit; font-size: 36px;">More NFB Resources</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/legal-program" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Legal Program</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/free-white-cane-program" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Free White Cane Program</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/future-reflections" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Future Reflections</em></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/nfb-newsline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">NFB-NEWSLINE<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">®</span></a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://nfb.org/about-us/state-affiliates" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">State Affiliates</a></li></ul><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; color: inherit; font-size: 36px;">Non-NFB Blogs</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://makingitontheplayground.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color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