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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Got a question for the list


> 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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