Literature about . . .
Parents
This literature section has been divided into two subcategories: Parents of Blind Children and Blind Parents.
Parents of Blind Children
Available Online:
- Are We There Yet?
by Carrie Gilmer (Future Reflections, Summer 2006)
Order Information: Item FR2; Print; No Charge - The Blessing of Your New Grandson; Letter to a Grandmother
by Gary Wunder (Future Reflections, Fall 2007)
Order Information: Item LBB82; Print; No Charge - Brochure Packet for Parents/Teachers of Blind Children
Order Information: Item LBB74; Print; No Charge - Childcare and ADA
by Barbara Loos (Future Reflections, Winter/Spring 2006)
Order Information: Item LBC63; Print; No Charge - Connecting with Jimmy (Children with additional disabilities)
by Sue Elan Holmes (Future Reflections, Summer 2006)
Order Information: Item FR1; Print; No Charge - Fathers Speak Up: The Power of Knowledge
by Eric Vasiliauskas and
What a Parent has Learned from his Blind Son
by John Wai (Future Reflections, Convention Report 2006)
Order Information: Item LBF41; Print; No Charge - Is Your Child Age-Appropriate?
by Ruby Ryles, Ph.D. (Future Reflections, Special Issue 2004)
Order Information: Item LBI19; Braille/Print; No Charge - It Takes More Than Love
by Kevan Worley (Future Reflections, Spring/Summer 1993)
Order Information: Item LBI22; Print; No Charge - Model Constitution for Parents of Blind Children
Order Information: Item LBM56; Braille/Print; No Charge - National Organization of Parents of Blind Children Brochure
Order Information: Item LBP11; Print; No Charge - Parents: Blind Children's First Mobility Teachers
by Joe Cutter (Future Reflections, Special Issue 2004)
Order Information: Item LBP27; Print; No Charge - Parents Find the National Federation of the Blind
by Erlinda Cantos (Braille Monitor, March 1991)
Order Information: Item LBP14; Braille/Print; No Charge - Parents of Blind Children Information Packet
Order Information: Item LBP28; Print; No Charge - Possibilities
by Carol Castellano (Future Reflections, Special Issue 2004)
Order Information: Item LBP24; Print; No Charge - A Promise for Tomorrow, Help for Today
by Elizabeth Frampton, Bonnie Lucas, Kim Cunningham, and Leticia Flores (Future Reflections, Convention Report 2007)
Order Information: Item LBP33; Print; No Charge - Raising a Blind Child 101: Join the NOPBC!
by Laura Weber (Future Reflections, Fall 2007)
Order Information: Item LBR42; Print; No Charge - Role of Parents in the Education of Blind Children
by Carrie Gilmer (Braille Monitor, November 2005)
Order Information: Item LBR41; Braille/Print; No Charge - Untangling the Threads: When a Child has Additional Disabilities
by Rene Harrell (Future Reflections, Fall 2007)
Order Information: Item LBU12; Print; No Charge - What My Daughter Taught Me About Active Learning--or Whose Goal is it Anyway? (Children with additional disabilities)
by Jean Bugbee (Future Reflections, Winter/Spring 2006)
Order Information: Item LBW49; Print; No Charge
Blind Parents
Available Online:
- Baby-Sitting
by Barbara Walker Loos (Making Hay, 1993)
Order Information: Item LBB47; Braille/Print; No Charge - Independence: To Have and To Hold
by Christine Boone (Braille Monitor, February 1992)
Order Information: Item LBI16; Braille/Print; No Charge - It Takes More Than Love
by Kevan Worley (Future Reflections, Spring/Summer 1993)
Order Information: Item LBI22; Print; No Charge - Materials for Blind Parents
Order Information: Item LBM02; MP3 Audio CD; No Charge - Parenting Without Sight: What Attorneys and Social Workers Should Know About Blindness
This publication provides introductory and commonsense advice and information to those potentially involved in assessing the competence of blind parents to care for their offspring or other children in their charge. The pamphlet promotes the simple view that blind parents are, with proper training and opportunity, equal to this responsibility. Detailed in this pamphlet are statements of blindness philosophy and practical examples of ways parenting as a blind person can be managed successfully.
Order Information: Item LBP36; Braille/Print; No Charge - To Be a Parent
by Gary Wunder (Braille Monitor, January 1986)
Order Information: Item LBT06; Braille/Print; No Charge
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