[nagdu] Blind Inc.

[Chasity Jackson]

Marion, you word things so well! I thoroughly enjoyed your response to that 
Dining In the Dark article a few weeks back and thought it was extremely 
well written, and this too is right on!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind Inc.


> Jewel,
>    If you are going to attend a center, I think it would be best if you 
> did so before getting your guide dog. Their very intensive O&M training 
> will make you a superior guide dog handler. If you choose to go after 
> getting your guide dog, I would suggest you do so well after you and your 
> dog have bonded. During the day, you will be using your white cane. You 
> will be able to see your guide dog during breaks and for relief, as well 
> as before and after training.
>    Just for the record, there are those who will try to spin this policy 
> to be an "anti guide dog" policy; however, I am of the opinion, from 
> talking to and listening to what they believe and how each of the centers 
> approach this issue, that it is not anti guide dog, rather it is pro sound 
> O&M training. I am of the opinion that, like the general public, many 
> blind people see a guide dog as the answer to their O&M problems, rather 
> than as an enhancement to them. Both the white cane and guide dog have 
> their advantages and disadvantages. Without the flexibility to choose the 
> one that works best for a particular application, a blind person limits 
> their independence and their ability to participate in all aspects of 
> society and life! A carpenter learns how to use a hammer, but cannot build 
> a house with just one tool! In order for us to live fully, we must have 
> several blindness tools in our tool box. Of course, if one is comfortable 
> with limiting their choices, that is their prerogative. My choice is to 
> live fully and vibrantly. Sometimes my guide dog is not a part of this 
> choice. JMHO!
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind Inc.
>
>
>> Hi, this makes me curious. I am considering going to Louisiana Center
>> for the Blind. Should I go before I get a guide dog? What are the
>> rules at LCB for guide dogs?
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
>> On 3/31/10, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Martha.
>>> There are people on this list who have been through the Colorado Center
>>> with their dogs, or there used to be.  Jen was one of them, I believe. 
>>> She
>>>  said it was fine.  I don't know if the dog arrangements are different 
>>> at
>>> Blind Inc.  They have always appeared to me to be the most anti-dog of 
>>> the
>>> bunch, but that's my opinion.
>>> I wouldn't do it myself, but others have and it's been OK for their 
>>> dogs.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
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