[nagdu] presentation about blindness

[Mark J. Cadigan]

I am not currently a guide dog user. I am in the application process. But 
guide dogs were one of the things they were interested in. another thing is, 
I was curious about the sighted impressions of cane users verses dog users.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer L Finley" <jenniferfinley at embarqmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] presentation about blindness


> Mark when do you have to give the presentation?  Maby you can show them 
> how you use both the cane and the dog.  I use to talk to a pree school 
> class, and I got all kinds of questions.  I had a lot of people ask me if 
> I could drive.  I showed them how I use my cane, and they wanted to try 
> it.
> ----- 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: Monday, March 15, 2010 6:11 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] presentation about blindness
>
>
>> Does anyone recognize a difference in the way people act towards you when 
>> you have a cane verses a dog? What about when you have no blindness 
>> mobility devices with you? I have to give a presentation about blindness 
>> to a class of 5th graders, and I was wondering how to make them 
>> understand that someone with a mobility device is no different than 
>> anyone else. I think they are more afraid of the fact that I carry a 
>> cane, than the fact that I am blind.
>>
>> PS why are people so afraid of blindness?
>>
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