[nagdu] college & guide dogs

[Bob Hicks]

Hi Kathrin.  I used my first guide all four years at college.  He was g 
great.  After the first week of the semester, I could travel around campus 
almost on auto pilot.  My biggest problem was when my schedule changed and 
Nicholas wanted to follow the route we had become familiar with.  My 
professors were all great.  I went to a small Jesuit University in Wheeling, 
so maybe things would have been different on a large campus.  You need a 
guide who will sleep or relax through classes, as is Amos and was Nicholas. 
I used the public bus system to get to campus and that was a problem until I 
convinced them I wanted to ride the bus and I was not just out walking my 
dog!  grin  Go for it!

Sincerely yours,

Bob Hicks,
The Seeing Hand Association, Inc.
<bob at seeinghandassociation.com>
304-232-4810
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katrin Andberg" <katrin at maplewooddog.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:31 PM
Subject: [nagdu] college & guide dogs


>I have been thinking for some time about going back to school and was
> wondering if anyone on the list had any helpful hints about going through
> the college process with a guide.  What did you have to do to notify the
> school you have a guide?  Were there any problems navigating a campus with
> your guide?  Did you run into problems with professors or other staff or
> students because of your guide?  Anything else that was helpful or not
> helpful to you?
>
>
>
> I remember last time I tried university it was 7 years ago before I had 
> any
> supports and to this day I have no clue what that campus looked like or 
> how
> to get around it.  I knew how to get to 1 building and then sort of 
> navigate
> in that building, usually ended up at the wrong place and needed someone 
> to
> help me back to class.  Needless to say my college experience was fairly
> limited and I didn't last 2 semesters.  Now with James and other supports 
> I
> hope to try again and have more success.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any discussion.
>
>
>
> Katrin & James
>
>
>
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