[nagdu] nagdu] Guide dog book on BARD

[Brenda]

I went to a camp for blind children in fifth grade.  They read us Light 
a Single Candle which I remember to be about a girl who went blind from 
glaucoma.  Two years later I got glaucoma, imagine my horror.  All I 
could do is think of that book.  It was  horrible for me as a high 
partial.  Fortunately, I kept good vision for many years but did have 
identity issues because of that and other incidents.  What that has to 
do with this wonderful list is that although my vision is minimal now, I 
still feel guilty using a cane or considering a guide dog.  Just the 
mention of that book makes me cringe.  I also read Follow My Leader.  I 
had a positive experience with that book because the sighted kids in my 
class and my older brother read it and I felt it helped them to view 
blind people as people who could succeed. Brenda