[nagdu] Introduction and comments

[Susan Jones]

Welcome, Brenda!

Many people, some on this list, have partial vision & use guide dogs.
If you are legally blind, you can qualify; you may choose to do some or all
of your training under blindfold to better learn to trust your dog.

Again, WELCOME!

Susan Jones, Indianapolis, IN and Guiding Eyes Yellow Lab Rhoda
 

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Of Brenda
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 2:10 PM
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Subject: [nagdu] Introduction and comments

  I have been receiving this list via digest for a while.  To read the posts
I do a window-eyes search for "content" to quickly go through the messages.
Unfortunately using digest mode my replys may be a little later than those
getting individual emails which are just to numerous for me to deal with in
my inbox because I have several lists.

Anyway, I have been a partial all my life and within the last several years
lost sufficient vision for me to learn to use a cane and contemplate getting
a guide dog.  I am concerned that it may be determined that I have too much
vision, but I really feel a dog could benefit me.  I have a family pet dog
who will not accept another dog in the home so I have plenty of time to sort
things out.  I have been reading this list and learning a lot and look
forward to learning more.

As for the man and his guide dog killed in NJ and the horrible article
blaming him, people need to write to that newspaper and maybe even contact
the NFB to bring attention to this discriminatory language.  It is possible
that the man stepped out in front of the car, but it is also possible the
driver was going too fast.  The man had his guide dog so I find it unlikely
he just pstepped out immediately in front of the car.  
Is there a way people could write letters to the editor to that paper to
point out the slanted view of the editor?  As for pedestrians getting hit,
my sighted Dad was taking his morning jog in Marin CA in the 80s and was hit
and killed hit-and-run by a driver who used a fake I.D. to rent a van.  The
police said that since there were no witnesses they couldn't even rule it a
homocide as they could not determine if my (very safety conscious) Dad had
stepped in front of the car.  I know the two issues are a little different,
but the bottom line is that cars seem to have the right-of-way.

I will keep reading and learning from this cool list.  Brenda



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