[nagdu] Got a question for the list

[William ODonnell]

Colleges and Universities are required to except or deny you based on your academic credentials only.  In regard to your parents, a boundary issue can come up if you are going to be living at home with them.  If you are going away to school, both the school has to permit you to have that dog and your parents do not really have a voice in what decision you make about getting the dog especially when you are of the legal age 18.  

--- On Fri, 4/30/10, Mark J. Cadigan <kramc11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mark J. Cadigan <kramc11 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nagdu] Got a question for the list
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 8:03 AM
> 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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