[nagdu] Mobility and Dogs

[cheryl echevarria]

We had a few people at our NAGDU meeting at convention.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Pawpower Pack" <pawpower4me at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Mobility and Dogs


> The term "deafblind" is a spectrum term.  Some people who are deafblind 
> are low vision and hard of hearing, some are totally blind and profoundly 
> deaf, some people are in the middle with a profound loss of one sense and 
> a partial loss of another.  deafblindness is also a cultural designation. 
> That is a person who uses American Sign Language ASL and who is involved 
> in the Deaf and Deafblind communities.
> I can see a little out of one eye and hear a little out of one ear when 
> aided, but I use ASL and am culturally Deafblind as well as being defined 
> deafblind in a medical sense. I don't ever use the term "impaired" when 
> refering to persons with either sight or hearing loss because I don't see 
> my Deafblindness as an impairment and wouldn't change myself. Others use 
> the term inmpaired and have no problem with it.
> I know that Leader Dogs and GEB both are guide programs who have custom 
> training for deafblind people who use ASL.
>
>
> Rox
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 22 Aug 2011, at 12:23 AM, Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net> 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi janice I am also hearing impaired. I wear two hearing aides and have 
> > around fifty to sixty percent hearing loss. I can hear traffic pretty 
> > well if it isn't to windy. I do feel more comfortable with a dog i don't 
> > know how hearing impaired a person has to be to be considered deaf blind 
> > a friend called me that and my first response was not me. Just after i 
> > got my first gset of aides.
> >
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