[nagdu] Fw: Breaking News About DOJ Changes

[Pickrell, Rebecca M. (TASCSD)]

In my oppinion, the article in the NY Times could have chosen better
examples. Anne was the only person that came off well. The others were
either scary or silly, and it was almost like the author was trying to
hurt the cause of alternative service animals rather than help it. 
Interestingly enough, she gave a different impression on her NPR
interview. 
She was very impressed with Panda's hooves, and gave the impression that
without hearing the hooves, Anne would have been unable to determine if
she was on pavement or leaves. 
Maybe with folks like Anne and Sarah promoting the cause, along with
some good writers, alternative service animals will have a chance. 
I've shared this article with some friends, and we're getting a good
chuckle out of monkeys putting food in the microwave. I doubt we'd find
it so funny if it had been presented differently.   

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Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Breaking News About DOJ Changes

Angie, I still have the original post. I'll forward it to you. It is
disturbing. I understand the issue of needing some kind of limitations.
I'm just not sure this is it. I feel like a lot of this is about lack of
understanding for the trainability of anything but a dog. Blind people
went through this 80 years ago. I'm very hesitant to put others through
it, especially after experiencing the trainability of another species
myself. I really don't see any point to it except for people's general
discomfort with animals.

Sarah J. Blake
http://www.growingstrong.org
sjblake at growingstrong.org 


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