[nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind'sguidedog policydoes notdiscriminate

[Garry and Joy Relton]

For my own education, am I correct that Leader Dog will give cane travel
instruction to assist students enrolled in their training in improving their
orientation and mobility? I thought I read that some where.

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No school is going to admit it, but yes there are schools in which do not
require such orientation like GDB and Seeing Eye does. But of course it all
depends on the person too. Marsha 


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notdiscriminate

This also raises an interesting question. Supposedly, if the person needs 
more mobility training, the dog guide school would not have admitted them. 
In other words, are some dog guide schools not strict enough on their 
mobility requirements?

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The way I took it was that they weren't leaving her out but wanted her to 
get the fundamentals of cane travel before using the dog as a mobility aid. 
Just like in the center they want you to use the cane before if you have a 
dog use that.  At GDB they test us to make sure we have good cane travel 
before we're accepted into the program so I don't see why she was anti 
trying.  I don't want to give up traveling with Dante all the time but I 
would if I was being taught on cane travel.  Even in a new area I go out 
with a cane and learn the area before I take my dog.  I just think they 
could have made a plan.  To work with the cane even if she had the dog with 
her, or use the cane one week the dog the next.  I just think if your 
learning cane travel then use the cane.  I agree that she shouldn't have 
just left the dog home for the 6 months, or not use the dog at all. I don't
know maybe I misinterpreded the article but that's what I got from 
it. I also think people are too eager to sue sometimes instead of working 
things out.
Sarah and Dante

> From: queen.marsha.lindsey at gmail.com
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:40:54 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind's guide dog 
> policydoes
> not discriminate
>
> I do not understand myself. How is this center any different than one 
> of
> our
> training centers? Even people who attend our centers can use their dogs. I
> understand the need to learn to use the cane, but if that person chooses 
> to
> use a dog then so be it.
>
> Why do we always have to put the cane users against the guide dog 
> users? Marsha
>
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