[nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind's guide dog policydoesnotdiscriminate

[JULIE PHILLIPSON]

Oh my gosh I hope not!  My experience has been just the opposite.
Julie Phillipson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <leadinglabbie at mpmail.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind's guide dog 
policydoesnotdiscriminate


> Dan asked:
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>>Could it be  that some people discourage
>>the use of guide dogs because they, the dogs,  see and for no other 
>>reason?
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> This isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. I was told by an LCB grad that the 
> problem with dogs was that the dog, by virtue of the fact that they could 
> see, comforted members of the public who would otherwise be very afraid 
> about blindness. This, in turn,
> led the public to form less positive views about blindness, even though 
> they were comforted by the fact that we had something that could see to 
> help us.
>
> This, IMO, is a serious distortion of reality.
>
> Lots of other good points in your post, Dan.
>
> Angie
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