[Nfbmo] Report: Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids

[Gary Wunder]

Hello, Dick.  Thank you very much for the new link.  I'm glad you gave me
the opportunity to read this article.  It leaves my stomach feeling a bit
upset, not only for the kinds of misunderstanding and discrimination it
portrays, but because, completely omitted from the article, where the
advocacy networks necessary to give blind and otherwise disabled parents any
clout in the courts has been completely omitted.  One wonders whether the
parents who were interviewed consider that they did it all on their own or
that the help they received didn't really merit any attention.  Of course, I
know quite well that journalists prefer to talk about people over
organizations, and I have given many an interview in which the National
Federation of the Blind should have been prominent, but my story was the one
they heard and reported.

Thank you again for giving me an active link.  It was very helpful.  Merry
Christmas to you, Diana, and Kevin.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick Morris
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 2:44 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Report: Disbled parents face bias, loss of kids

Gary, try this link: 
http://news.yahoo.com/disabled-parents-face-bias-loss-kids-report-063719341.
html.

I just went there and the story is still up. Or google "Disabled parents
face bias, loss of kids".

Dick
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From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 7:01 AM
To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Report: Disbled parents face bias, loss of kids

Hi Dick. I let too much time go by and this link is now inactive. I am glad
you found it and sorry I didn't get to it soon enough.

Warmly,

Gary



-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick Morris
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 1:02 PM
To: nfbmo at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbmo] Report: Disbled parents face bias, loss of kids

This report hit the news wires this morning. It covers the issue well, and
cites, among others, the Baby Mikayla case, but it mentions none of the
disability rights organizations whose efforts resolved cases like this.
Overall, though, a good report.

In contrast to the way things are today, I think of my father, who had polio
and raised two kids, and another lady from southern Delaware who also had
polio, was confined to a rocking bed so she could breathe, and successfully
raised a family

The link for the article is
http://www.usatoday.co/story/news/nation/2012/11/26/disabled-parents-custody
-adoption/1726465/.

Dick
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