[nagdu] Explaining to parents that guide dogs are useful

[Joy Relton]

Mark,

Do you know any blind people who use dog guides in your area. Some times
meeting someone who is successfully partnered with a dog guide is the best
publicity needed. It may be that you need to wait until you are in college.
At this point it seems appropriate for you to be the one to make the
decision about what mobility tool you want to use. This would especially be
true when you are not living in their house. This is, just my opinion.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Mark J. Cadigan
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:17 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Explaining to parents that guide dogs are useful


Hello list, 

I am new to this list, and I am thinking of getting a guide dog for when I
go to college. The only problem I am having is convincing my parents that a
guide dog is a useful mobility tool.  As you can probably guess, that is a
large obstacle. I am currently in high school, so I have to abide by my
parent's wishes, or at least for now. What I am asking for is how best to
explain to them, that guide dogs are useful mobility tools, that will
enhance my independence rather than detract from it. I have given them
literature, DVDs and have attempted to talk to them. Any instructional
materiel finds its way into the circular file, and they change the subject
when I talk to them. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
Mark
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