[nagdu] Commission for the Blind

[cheryl echevarria]

Albert:

I don't know why you are so shocked, you know the trouble both of us have 
had with getting grants from the Commission for our business, and they are 
not grants they are stipends.

Cheryl Echevarria
Independent Travel Consultant
http://Echevarriatravel.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] owner training


> Michelle,
>
> You are right that owner training is a serious commitment and a lot of 
> hard
> work.  However I don't think vision is necessary.  I have a friend who has
> owner trained her guide who is totally blind.  she's not on this list
> though. I have very, very little residual vision...20/1000 or so.  It's 
> hard
> to measure accurately when you get that low.
>
> I'm very glad that owner training is becoming a respectable option. It 
> makes
> it lots easier to find others doing  it, who are willing to talk about it.
> I don't think there's any way I could have been successful without all the
> owner trainers who came before me, who were willing to share  their
> experiences and help me with my 1,765,637,002 questions. *smile*
>
> Julie
>
>
>
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