[nagdu] Deaf and hard of hearing guide dog use

[Garry and Joy Relton]

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.

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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

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