[nagdu] statistics on service animals

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Toni,
What is the Partners In Independence DVD? Please tell us about it and where 
we can get it.

Thanks.

Linda and Landon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed and Toni Eames" <eeames at csufresno.edu>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] statistics on service animals


> Dear Angie and All,
>
> Thanks for passing on the link to our article.  However, the figure of 
> 9,000 working assistance dogs should be working guide dogs.  We're now 
> estimating 30,000 working assistance dogs, which includes guide, hearing 
> and service dogs.  That's the figure we use in our revised Partners in 
> Independence DVD that has just been released.
>
> Ed and Toni
>
> At 08:03 PM 1/14/2009, you wrote:
>>Hi Liz,
>>
>>Ed and Toni Eames published an article in 1995 that estimated that there 
>>were 9,000 assistance-dog teams in the US. Even though this is an older 
>>article, you might find it interesting. Here's a link to the pdf version:
>>
>>www.dsq-sds-archives.org/_articles_pdf/2001/Summer/dsq_2001_Summer_06.pdf
>>
>>
>>If you go to google and type the following, with quotes, the article will 
>>be the first search result:
>>
>>"disability studies quarterly" "assistance dog"
>>
>>You can then click on "view as html" to read it, if you can't deal with 
>>the pdf directly.
>>
>>If you find any other stats, I hope you will share them. I'm always 
>>interested in this type of thing.
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>Angie
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:46:34 -0600, Elizabeth Campbell wrote:
>>
>> >Hello all,
>>
>> >Does anyone know if there are statistics out there on how many
>> people wiht disabilities use service dogs and on how many use other types 
>> of service animals such as miniature horses or monkeys?
>> >I'm doing a story where such information would be very helpful.
>> >I told our editors that it may be difficult to come up with good
>> figures since there is no agency to certify or register service animals.
>>
>> >Any help is grately appreciated.
>>
>> >Liz
>>
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