Child Rearing by Blind Parents

One somewhat neglected area in the literature dealing with the daily life of blind persons is the responsibilities and problems faced by blind parents. The editors of the New Outlook, therefore, have gathered the following three articles in an effort to present the experiences—the satisfactions, the fears, the problems and solutions—of blind parents in rearing their children. The first article, by Miss Mary A. Ware and Dr. Lois O. Schwab, is based on interviews with 10 blind mothers and presents in detail how they coped with the myriad problems involved in caring for infants and young children. The Second article, by Mrs. Joanna Cargill, is the story of a family in which both parents are visually handicapped. Dr. Nicholas S. DiCaprio, in the final article, combines his experiences as a blind parent and as a professor of psychology to discuss the psychological problems that can arise in rearing a child when only one of the parents is blind. Because these articles may be of practical use to workers for the blind and to blind parents, reprints will be available after July 1. The prices will be: 1-5 copies, free; 6-50 copies, 15c each; 51-100 copies, 10c each. All payments totaling $6 or less must accompany orders.