[nagdu] Got a question for the list

[Hope Paulos]

I think there's a course at Hadley School for the Blind (a free course) that 
discusses getting a guide dog. Maybe if you take that, your parents would be 
more agreeable. The schools would talk to you, not your parents, during the 
application process. When Fidelco came to do my interview, actually all of 
the schools I applied to, they met my parents, but my parents weren't 
involved in the application process.
During my training with Fielco, since I am living with my parents currently, 
they were involved with training-- just to teach the dog to follow them, 
etc.
Hope this helps.
Hope and Beignet
----- 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 8:03 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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