[nagdu] Got a question for the list

[Julie J]

Mark,

Two questions and a disclaimer...
Are you 18 or older or otherwise a legal adult?
Will you along with your prospective guide dog be living in your parents 
home at any time, summers, spring break, etc?

Now the disclaimer, I'm not a guide dog school employee, actually I've never 
attended a guide dog program as a student, so take what I'm about to say 
however you like.  I think if you're a legal adult and you aren't dependent 
on your parents, then there's no harm in going ahead with your plan.  I 
wouldn't think a guide dog school would count your parents disagreement 
against you in that case.

As for neutral literature on guide dogs...I'm really not coming up with 
anything.  I think NAGDU or the NFB has info on guide dogs, but I'm going to 
guess that your parents would consider that to be biased in favor of guide 
dogs.  Perhaps an O&M specialist or a Rehabilitation Counselor?

Best of luck!
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:03 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Got a question for the list


> Got a question for the list
> I am still working on convincing my parents to allow me to get a guide 
> dog. I think I am going to apply and let the parents know once I am 
> accepted and already going to a class. I will be leaving for college soon, 
> and believe the only way to get a guide dog is to just go do it. What 
> potential problems are there with this approach? By this I mean, will 
> schools accept me without talking to my parents?
>
> I have not given up on convincing my parents. I think the process will be 
> so much smoother with them supporting it. However there support is not a 
> necessity. I will be living away at college and won't be seeing them 
> regularly.
>
> Another question I have is, is there any literature out there promoting 
> the use of a guide dog. Most of the literature published by organizations 
> not affiliated with the guide dog schools is either against dogs, or 
> neutral on the subject. Information published by the schools is biased in 
> favor of dogs. My parents highly value the opinions of experts, so I think 
> the key is to find a neutral expert that agrees with me.
>
>
> Thanks for all your help
> Mark
>
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