[nagdu] NHD National History Day question

[Julie J.]

Brook,

I think the time period you are most interested in is a bit before any 
of us here got our first guide dogs!  The Seeing Eye was the first guide 
dog program in the United States, starting in 1928 if I'm remembering 
correctly.  Those first couple of years they were only placing a few 
dogs a year.  Even counting in the extremely rare person that might have 
trained their own guide or service dog, and the people who received 
trained dogs in other countries, there would have been an extremely 
small number of dogs working with disabled people of any variety in the 
1930's.

The White Cane laws didn't come about until the 50's, again from my 
memory.  Some of those laws did include provisions for guide dogs.  To 
the best of my guessing, which I'm doing a lot of here, I'd say it 
wasn't until the 70's when the average person knew what a guide dog 
was.  I think we can thank TV for this.  Whether that is good or bad, is 
an entirely different discussion! *smile*  Of course it wasn't until 
1990 that we got the federal ADA which formally acknowledged the civil 
rights of individuals with disabilities.  Now we are 22 years post ADA 
and I am still asked with some frequency why I have a dog in the store.  
So I guess not everyone got the memo.

Sorry I can't help you more.  I don't know anyone who has had guide dogs 
as long back as the 1930's.  I don't even know someone who knows someone 
who knows someone who might be able to help you. If you have questions 
about things in say the past 50 years I think we could help out a lot 
more. *smile*

Best of luck on your project!
Julie






On 2/1/2012 6:05 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
> It Could have been a legitimate detention..depends on the situation,
> wheteher the dog was trained to perform specific tasks or not....very
> subjective.  I am sure we all have stories regarding access.  Although a dog
> can be owner-trained, this does not mean this dog was functioning as a dog
> guide.  However, it also doesn't mean that it wasn't performing some other
> functional service such as seizure detection, diabetic alert or the like.
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> It is very tricky, and to get the inside scoop on your state's laws, I would
> encourage you to go to www.nagdu.org and send NAGDU president an email.
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> Steve
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> Hello! My name is Brooke Richards and I am preparing for National History
> Day being held in Boise, Idaho March 10th.  My topic is on service animals
> and how they have reformed society.  I am working on the laws right now.
> My older brother shared an experience that he witnessed this last week while
> entering a Walmart store in Provo, Utah.  There was a lady in her 40's who
> was being detained at the entrance of the store from entering by what looked
> to be a manager and two employees because her yellow lab did not have on a
> service vest.  She appeared to have a cane with her.  I looked up the Utah
> code and from my understanding, by law this woman should have been able to
> enter the store if the dog did not have on a service vest.   With the
> current laws passed, have any of you had similar experiences you would share
> that I can use in my presentation and would have permission to include your
> name in my bibliography.   Thank you for your help!Ms. Brooke Richards
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