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Author: Courtney Tabor-Abbott

From Intolerable to Indispensable: Learning to Love my White Cane

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Getting Around , Independence , Orientation and Mobility , Personal Reflections , Planning for the Future , Self-Advocacy , Social Life and Recreation , Social Skills
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I have not always loved my white cane. I’m twenty eight now and don’t like to be out of the house without my cane, even if I’m not using it. It gives me a sense of security and independence that I really don’t like to be without. But it was not always that way. Not … Continued

Why Being a Blind Mother Is Awesome

From: FamilyConnect: A Parent's Voice
Categories: Independence , Personal Reflections , Readers Want to Know
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Editor’s Note: We welcome Courtney Tabor-Abbott as a new contributor to FamilyConnect. Courtney works for the Perkins School for the Blind, is a parent of two sighted children, and is willing to share her perspective and tricks of the trade as a mother who is blind. I am a parent of two young children. James … Continued