[Blind-rollers] dogs and power chairs
Maureen Pranghofer
maureensmusic at comcast.net
Wed Nov 13 04:08:19 UTC 2013
Hi
It's my understanding they are still doing it tough I haven't spoken to
them.
Maureen
-----Original Message-----
From: Becky Frankeberger
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 4:07 PM
To: 'Blind wheelchair users list'
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] dogs and power chairs
Ug, don't the schools know we want to live a full life. You can't do that
if you are restricted. The only schools I am aware of that do the dogs that
guide wheelchairs is: Guide dogs for the Blind, Kansus school (which name
escapes me) Southeastern. Seems to me the other schools you have to be a
grad of their school.
Does anyone have a better more up to date list?
In 2004, I think it was, I had a long conversation with the director of Paws
with a Cause. He had just hired two guide dog instructors to teach dogs how
to guide wheelchairs, manual in this case. I was jumping up and down as
transportation is more limited if you are in a power chair. Whatever
happened to the program, I don't know.
Becky and the dog with the power paws, Jake
-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-rollers [mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Maureen Pranghofer
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 5:38 PM
To: Blind wheelchair users list
Subject: [Blind-rollers] dogs and power chairs
Hi
When I had Ally she was a great mobility assistant, not a guide but she
picked up hundreds of things for me mostly my dropped white cane. In fact
she loved retrieving canes so much when blind friends came over and set down
their canes she’d proudly retrieve them and bring them to me.
Using a power chair with a guide takes significant time and expense and the
guidedog schools which provide that service have waiting lists of at least 3
years. You are restricted to a specific route, can’t just go where you
please, most places I have found in using the guide with the walker are too
narrow and the places you can go totally independently are somewhat limited.
Just my experiences.
Maureen
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