[nagdu] Deaf and hard of hearing guide dog use

[helene ryles]

I am deafblind and used to have a working guide dog. Jilli has now
retired and I'm learning the cane routes. I've decided this is now
best for me since I wasn't getting enough landmarks with a dog. In
most lighting conditions I cannot hear or see anything at all.  It was
getting a little frustrating.

Helene

On 31/05/2009, Garry and Joy Relton <relton30857 at cox.net> wrote:
> Rox,
>
> I am sure that you are correct. I know of people who are from HKNC and found
> them to be as you describe. My friend has had a tough start in life as the
> school didn't fully recognize his potential or his disability and all that
> baggage is there. You never know what can be attributed to lack of
> experience, training, confidence etc. Of course, that's true of all of us. I
> really do appreciate your information.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of The Pawpower Pack
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:18 PM
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> Subject: [nagdu] Deaf and hard of hearing guide dog use
>
>
> Joy,
> Wow really. that is really strange about HKNC.  Their representatives
> must vary in philosophy because my representative has always had a
> "can do" attitude.  However he knows that if he told me *not* to do
> something that I'd probably go out and do it because I'm pig headed
> like that.
>
> I know that GDF, GEB and Leader dogs all work, or have worked with
> Deafblind people or people who are blind and who are hard of hearing.
> I think if a person is hard of hearing and if they can still
> understand speech on the street and in a lecture setting that he'd
> have a wider variety of programs to choose from than someone like me
> who is Deafblind and who uses an ASL interpreter for meetings etc.
>
> Good luck to him!
>
> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
>
> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
> "Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the
> broken places." -- Ernest Hemingway
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