[nagdu] First person to Use Seeing eye dog in US

[Larry D. Keeler]

I was always refered to as That poor little blind boy, by my mom!  She did 
it just to make me mad!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] First person to Use Seeing eye dog in US


> My parents never even used the word "blind" or "visually impaired".  To 
> them it was "you girls and your problem" their euphanism for our 
> blindness.
> To this day, they STILL say that and they'll never change.  On the other 
> hand, we NEVER were made to think or treat anyone differently because of 
> the degree of vision any of the blind kids had.  Thus, I never even knew 
> that people acted like partials were better than totals until I went to 
> college and met Perkins grads who told me about this happening to them - 
> my Perkins grad friends wwere both partials and totals.
>
> AS far as termiology, I don't care one way or another if I'm called 
> "visually impaired", "partially sighted", or "blind" - doesn't matter to 
> me as long as I'm not getting crap over it.  What I hate is when people 
> think I'm faking not seeing well because I "don't look blind".  Well, WTF 
> does that mean?  I'd ask what did THAT mean?  And the person coouldn't 
> answer me on that one.  After years, I did find out about the blind 
> stereotypes of rocking, poking my fists into my eyes, and other social 
> maladjustments.  I was apalled.  My family raised us to act like everyone 
> else and not do those habits called "blindisms" and we never did those 
> things.
>
> The NFB has it right when it says, "It's respectable to be blind" and I 
> agree.  Little totally blind kids need someone to teach them how to act in 
> public and unfortunately some parents don't get that.  Sighted kids learn 
> by watching others what is cool to do or not.  Parents OWE that to their 
> blind kids so that kid grows up acting like everyone else and not having a 
> horrible habit that makes one stand out in a negative way.
>
> Sighted is NOT better than blind.  Just different ways of doing things. 
> And you totals out there don't have to worry when the lights go out!  Or 
> leading a group to safety like Mike Hingson did in the towers on 9/11.  We 
> are all people and we all have differnt talents and abilities and we 
> should all celebrate that fact.
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 3:57 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] First person to Use Seeing eye dog in US
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>
>> the following link has footage taken from The Seeing eye archives and 
>> shows Morris Frank, the first person to use a guide dog in this country. 
>> He and Dorothy Harrison eustis founded the Seeing eye in 1929 and the 
>> guide dog movement has moved forward since then and there are many guide 
>> dog schools in this country, Canada, and throughout the world.  the 
>> person narrating the video is Lukas Franck, a long-time instructor at the 
>> seeing Eye.  Lukas trained my first two guide dogs--Deedee and Wayne. 
>> Lukas also trained wayne and me as a team in 1991.
>>
>> Margo and Arrow
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/user/seeing4me?feature=mhee#p/u/0/gwYHXNItSks
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