[nagdu] O&M assistant?

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Fri Oct 29 17:31:18 UTC 2010 

Thanks!  Learn something every day.  I'm glad to know that kids are
getting O&M help they might not otherwise get, even if you don't have the
fancy piece of paper.
Tracy


> Hi Tracy
> It just means I'm trained by the school district VI staff to provide O&M
> instruction to students, but not I'm not certified. I have to work under
> the
> general guidance of an O&M instructor. So they're sort of the same thing,
> but
> I'm cheaper!
> Peggy
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> To: NAGDU Mailing <List at panix.com>; the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users at panix.com;  <nagdu at nfbnet.org>@panix.com
> Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 6:34:52 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] O&M assistant?
>
> Hi Peggy.
> What is an O&M assistant?  How is it different from an O&M instructor?  Or
> is it just a different title for the same thing?
> Thanks.
> Tracy
>
>> Hello! I'm a puppy raiser and braillist in Oregon--I joined this group a
>> few
>> months ago and have enjoyed reading the posts, many of which have been
>> really
>> helpful in my job as an O&M assistant.
>>
>> The Sullenbergers (Captian Sully and family) are breeder-keepers for
>> Guide
>> Dogs
>> for the Blind.
>>
>> Thanks for letting me read your stories...
>> Peggy Spiess
>> Eugene, Oregon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Lyn Gwizdak <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 9:59:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] airline issues
>>
>> Hi Cheryl,
>> The Captian's nickname is Sully.  No, I didn't know he was a puppy
>> raiser.
>> Do
>> you know which school?  I'm not surprised Sully is a puppy raiser!
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Lyn and Landon
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryl echevarria"
>> <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] airline issues
>>
>>
>>> I was fly southwest last year for Disney and the flight attendant was
>>> giving us
>>>a hard time, the Captain came out and said the the flight attendant,
>>> that
>>> if she
>>>does this one more time while she is on one of his flights he will ask
>>> for her
>>>to never fly on his flights.  She knew the rules and thought she could
>>> get away
>>>with it.
>>>
>>> now this is what the captain said to me and the rest of the customers
>>> on
>>> the
>>>plane and please excuse the vulgarity.  The Captain said word for word
>>> "She has
>>>bigger stuff (changing word here) then I do".  Also said that Guide Dogs
>>> are
>>>service animals and this lady is blind and this will not be tolerated on
>>> my
>>>flights, um he is also a puppy raiser out in CA I found out.
>>>
>>> Oh how many of you knew that Captain Skully that was the hero here in
>>> NY
>>> 2
>>>years ago is also a puppy raiser.
>>>
>>> The biggest compliment you can pay me is to recommend my services!
>>>
>>> Cheryl Echevarria
>>> http://Echevarriatravel.com<http://echevarriatravel.com/>
>>> 1-866-580-5574
>>> Reservations at echevarriatravel.com<mailto:Reservations at echevarriatravel.com>
>>>
>>> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel
>>> CST-1018299-10
>>> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise and Travel
>>> Inc.
>>>
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>>>
>>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----  From: Marion
>>>Gwizdala<mailto:blind411 at verizon.net>
>>>  To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>>>Users<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>  Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 7:07 AM
>>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] airline issues
>>>
>>>
>>>  Jenine,
>>>      In 1988 I was dating a woman who had a guide dog, too. We were on
>>> our
>>>  way to a Florida affiliate convention and were sitting together with
>>> our
>>>  dogs, The flight attendant told us we couldn't sit together "because
>>> they
>>>  needed to balance the plane"! We refused to separate and the plane did
>>> not
>>>  tip over! (smile)
>>>
>>>  Fraternally yours,
>>>  Marion
>>>
>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----  From: "Jenine Stanley"
>>><jeninems at wowway.com<mailto:jeninems at wowway.com>>
>>>  To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
>>> Users'"
>>>  <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>>
>>>  Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:10 PM
>>>  Subject: [nagdu] airline issues
>>>
>>>
>>>  >I think one of the most frustrating parts of the accessibility issues
>>>  > surrounding airlines is the extremely varied and generally often
>>> poor
>>>  > training and monitoring of staff.
>>>  >
>>>  > If I had a dime for every flight attendant who still tells me it's a
>>>  > federal
>>>  > law that I must sit in the bulkhead seat, I'd not have to work for a
>>>  > living.
>>>  > It never has been a federal law, ever.
>>>  >
>>>  > The strange ways the ACAA is interpreted during such trainings also
>>> baffle
>>>  > me. Someone got the idea that having 2 people with assistance dogs
>>> sitting
>>>  > in the same row was dangerous for the one next to the window and
>>> anyone in
>>>  > the middle seat because they'd have to scramble over the dog under
>>> the
>>>  > aisle
>>>  > seat to get out. One would assume the person and dog in said aisle
>>> seat
>>>  > would have moved, but the flight attendant all but called me a smart
>>> ass
>>>  > for
>>>  > asking her that question when she challenged my husband and I about
>>>  > sitting
>>>  > together. We didn't absolutely have to sit together, but why not?
>>> That's
>>>  > where our tickets were. The middle seat was empty.
>>>  >
>>>  > The mildly amusing part of that story was that my husband was a
>>> pilot
>>>  > before
>>>  > his sight loss. He smiled and said that he'd probably know if there
>>> was
>>>  > something really wrong with the plane before she did and he didn't
>>> care
>>>  > who
>>>  > was in his way, me, her or anyone else. He was getting out. She said
>>> maybe
>>>  > he should sit on the aisle then. Meanwhile I was on the phone to the
>>> FAA
>>>  > hotline, and actually got a live person.
>>>  >
>>>  > Never got an apology from the flight attendant though. She
>>> apologized
>>> to
>>>  > my
>>>  > husband but not me. <sigh>
>>>  >
>>>  > Somehow, I'm not sure how, we need to get ourselves, those of us
>>> with
>>>  > proven
>>>  > knowledge that is, into these trainings.
>>>  > Jenine Stanley
>>>  > jeninems at wowway.com<mailto:jeninems at wowway.com>
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  >
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