[nagdu] New to list

[Ted Shelly]

Hello all,

I just joined the list and I'm hoping to pick up some good information on
guide dogs.  I have been contemplating for some time the idea of getting a
dog and today I am putting in the mail applications to two providers -
Fidelco and Guide Dogs for the Blind.

For the past few months I've been doing my homework on the subject..  I've
done the Hadley School's course, which has a lot of good information.  I've
downloaded and read several books from Bookshare and I've read through the
web sites of several providers.  I chose to apply to Fidelco because they
are close by and come to your home for training.  I'm also applying to GDB
for several reasons:  They have a facility in Oregon, where I used to live
and still have friends and family.  Also I once met one of their directors
and he gave me a good feeling about the quality of their program.

I would be interested in other resources that anyone on the lists knows of.
In particular, sources of books or articles that are available in electronic
form.  I checked out the nagdu web site, but there seem to be many broken
links.  The newsletter does not seem to be available at all.

 I'll be interested to monitor this list and observe the issues and comments
of all of you.

Best regards,

Ted Shelly