[nagdu] PBS program link

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----- 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: Friday, April 23, 2010 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PBS program link


> I couldn't figure out how to get it to play...it didn't start up
> automatically. I do have Adobe Flash, so I'm nt sure what happened.
> What setting do you have to automatically play videos?
>
> ~Jewel
>
> On 4/23/10, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
> > Julie,
> > This is exactly what I wanted. Will watch and if I have anything to
> > share, will do so
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Julie J
> > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:54 AM
> > To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> > Subject: [nagdu] PBS program link
> >
> > Here's the link to the PBS program
> >
> > http://video.pbs.org/video/1475527358
> >
> > When I went to that link the video started playing automatically.   No
> > clue if that's just my settings or if it will do that for everyone.
> >
> > My thoughts on the program...
> > I'm with Tracy, that bit at the beginning about how the dogs give the
> > person their life and happiness was disturbing.  I also noticed that
> > they used, "confined to a wheelchair" which is generally not accepted
> > among disability groups.  I was also very, very not impressed by a
> > statement toward the end of the program about the people not being
> > normal, then they get the dogs and can have a life and a job.
> >
> > this particular service dog program seems to place a lot of dogs with
> > young children.  The video mentions 5 kids and only one adult.  It was
> > interesting to see how much the parents and other family members were
> > involved in the process.
> >
> > I liked the trainer, Chris.  He uses positive training methods, mainly
> > luring.  It was really cool to see how he could use eye movement to cue
> > the dog, very useful for nonverbal people.
> >
> > The program focuses a lot on the emotional aspects of service dogs.
> > Probably 95% of what they talked about were bonding and partnership
> > aspects and very little in actual tasks.
> >
> > The matching process was very, very different from what is typical in
> > guide dog programs.  It seemed to me that they let all the dogs and
> > people mingle in one big room.  The dogs and people picked each other.
> > I'm not sure how big the class was, but there were two dog switches, one
> > during class and another a few weeks after returning home.  I like the
> > concept of choosing your own dog, to a point. I don't know that a free
> > for all matching process is the best way to go though.
> >
> > JMO
> > Julie
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