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State Convention
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Colorado Parents of Blind Children Lucie B. Kiwimagi, President The Colorado Parents of Blind Children is a state wide membership organization of parents and friends of blind children reaching out to each other to give vital support, encouragement, and information. We believe the real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information which exist. With proper training and opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a physical nuisance. As a Division of the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado (NFBC), the Colorado Parents of Blind Children has the unique advantage of being a part of the largest, most active consumer organization of the blind in the country. This relationship offers members of CPOBC a number of benefits. Parents and their blind children can learn through contact with blind adults that it is respectable to be blind. Negative attitudes about blindness are so prevalent that it is not unusual for a blind child (even with the most supportive parents) to feel shame and resentment about his or her blindness. Regular and consistent interaction with a variety of competent, normal blind adults can do wonders for a blind child's self-esteem. The NFB awards scholarships to blind students, combats discrimination against the blind (children, too), evaluates new technology, and provides free and low cost literature about all aspects of living with blindness. In short, CPOBC members can draw upon the collective knowledge, wisdom, and resources of the real experts on blindness—the organized blind.
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