[Tn-talk] {Spam?}RE: [TN-talk] Court House presence requested in support of blind parents' rights

[Sheri Anderson]

Thank you Dewey, for your words of encouragement and for your support.


On 3/16/16, Dewey Bradley via Tn-talk <tn-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I support you, I'm a totally blind person, but I live in Missouri, I'm on
> here because I like to keep up with the goings on in the state, I would
> like
> to live in Nashville someday, but I always stay in the tourist areas when I
> come out every year.
> I see the things that go on there.
> Here in Missouri we had to get a law passed several years ago that doesn't
> allow them to look at disability when trying to take someone's child, there
> was a case about 6 or 7 years ago with baby Micaela, the brand new mom was
> learning how to Brest feed, she was having the same trouble as every other
> new mom, the state took the child for a few months, in this case it was the
> Missouri Counsel of the blind that stepped in, not shore what, if anything
> the NFB did about it, but they got the law passed.
> I had a friend out in Colorado who went through this with her
> granddaughter,
> never mind the fact she already raised her sighted daughter, but a cab
> driver, without asking questions called the child protection services, and
> she had to have this same fight.
> One would think the state of Tennessee would look at the law here in
> Missouri and look how that turned out.
> Every state has different laws, but they need to look at others and see
> what
> kind of trouble it causes.
> Good luck to you!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tn-talk [mailto:tn-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheri
> Anderson via Tn-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 7:00 AM
> To: tn-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Sheri Anderson <sheri.k.anderson at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tn-talk] Court House presence requested in support of blind
> parents' rights
>
> Good morning,
>
> This message is to request support from blind parents and like-minded
> individuals, who care about the ability of blind parents to maintain
> custody
> of their children in the state of Tennessee.
>
> Next Thursday, March 24, 2016, at 9:00 AM, the Rutherford County Chancery
> Court has agreed to hear an emergency petition, filed against myself,
> alleging inability to continue to parent my almost 16-year-old daughter,
> due
> to my inability to keep her safe as I have no vision.
>
> Please join myself and other blind parents at the court house, located in
> the center of the square in Murfreesboro on the morning of the hearing. To
> show Rutherford County, and the state of Tennessee, that blind parents can
> parent effectively, safely, and should not need to defend this right to the
> legal community.
>
> If you would like more information you are welcome to contact me at
> (615) 631-5062
> sheri.k.anderson at gmail.com
>
> I look forward to seeing you on the 24th.
>
> Sincerely,
> Sheri Anderson
>
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