[nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind's guidedog policy does not discriminate

[Nicole B. Torcolini]

I think that part of the problem is that people, like Julie said, depend on 
their dogs too much sometimes. There are certain things that I know that my 
dog will almost certainly do, such as taking me to the lounge door when 
crossing the courtyard at my dorm, but that is still no reason for me to 
become oblivious to my surroundings; dog guides are still dogs and can 
become distracted or simply mess up for no particular reason. Humans are not 
perfect, so why should dogs be expected to be?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <leadinglabbie at mpmail.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind's guidedog policy does 
not discriminate


Hi Julie P,

You make some excellent points in your post. I understand the logic of their 
position (though I think it is taken to an extreme, and often, such 
extremism is not healthy). But I really do believe that calling a dog a 
"visual aid" as a pretty unforgivable
attack on the English language. (grin) This is simply not a standard way of 
talking about these things. I think that one of the first people to 
introduce this specious terminology was Paul Gabias (sp?), a guide-dog user 
and (for a few years) a leader in
NAGDU. I think that if a member of the general public heard the term "visual 
aid" in reference to training for blind people, they'd take a stab at 
defining it and likely get it wrong. So a statement that "visual aids, 
including guide dogs" are against
center policy is likely confusing.

JMO,

Angie






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