[nagdu] Oh, so that's why he gets to bring his dog everywhere

Wed Jan 25 02:13:34 UTC 2012

I aggree!  But even I who have plastic eyes still get asked.  I guess all of 
us blind guys bump into things or get lost!  Of course, we should never be 
able to get around!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie McGinnity" <kaybaycar at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Oh, so that's why he gets to bring his dog everywhere


>I think people are asked if they are really blind because our eyes are
> expected to look different in some way.  It's another stereotype.  I
> am familiar with this because it's very easy to tell I am blind by
> looking at me, but I have a friend whose eyes look perfectly normal.
> I'm not trying to excuse this rudeness, but I am explaining why this
> might happen.
>
> I think it's terrible that we should have to explain our disabilities
> to people when it should be obvious that we have one.  Is it really
> their business why we have a dog?
>
> I also wonder how many veterans use service dogs in this way.
>
> On 1/24/12, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
>> No, she never tried to touch her.  I just warned her before she did!  She
>> was just a person running the service desk.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Harris" <Harris.Robert at epamail.epa.gov>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Oh, so that's why he gets to bring his dog 
>> everywhere
>>
>>
>>> Was this woman a police officer or impersonating one?
>>> No one has the right to touch you nor your dog, especially in a
>>> threatening manner?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
>>>            Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Date: 01/24/2012 04:56 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Oh, so that's why he gets to bring his dog
>>>            everywhere
>>> Sent by: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Especially when those making the comments are watching you use the
>>> service!
>>> Someone at Target yelled at me because Holly doesn't have a orange vest
>>> on.
>>> She does have her Pilot tag on and I had her ID.  She proceeded to tell
>>> me
>>> what she percieved the law to be.  I told her there was no way she was
>>> getting near my dog but I'd show her my ID.  She declined and began back
>>>
>>> pedalling.  I told her that sence she was so insistant she would see the
>>> ID.
>>> But, I also said that me showing the ID was optional but sence she was
>>> so
>>> insistant, I figured she should!!! see it!  I know, she saw Holly and I
>>> working because we were in line for quite awhile!
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "William Vandervest" <timelord09 at att.net>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Oh, so that's why he gets to bring his dog
>>> everywhere
>>>
>>>
>>>> yea, i get comments like that all the time,  "is that a service dog,
>>> is
>>>> he/she finished training yet, or, when will he/she be finished
>>> training,
>>>> why do you need a service dog?, it can get really anoying
>>>> William And LD Lynard
>>>>
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> -- 
> Julie McG
> Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
> Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
> Eyes for the Blind
>
> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
> life."
> John 3:16
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