[nagdu] Literature about guide dogs

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Hi Cristel,
Have you read the book, "Love In The Lead" by Peter Putnam?  It is a history 
of The Seeing Eye, the school I got my dog at.  It is also a story of the 
modern guide dog movement in the United States but it spans Switzerland and 
Germany.  The book talks about how life was for the blind in the U.S. in the 
1920s - realities and attitudes of the sighted towards the blind.  Attitudes 
of the agencies serving the blind towards the new concepts of actual 
independence of blind people  - mobility in particular.  If you haven't read 
this, I highly recommend it.  I don't know where you can get it in Estonia 
but it is available here in the U.S. on cassette.  It may be on Bookshare or 
places like that who have audio books.

Search the Internet for The Seeing Eye in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. They 
have a very informaitve website.

I have had my past four dogs from The Seeing Eye.  Right now I have Landon, 
a red Lab/Golden cross who is seven years old.  We live in San Diego, CA. 
We have three guide dog schools here in California but I like The Seeing Eye 
best.

Each of our states have laws regarding guide dogs and there is the national 
disability rights law called the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which 
was passed by our Congress in 1990 and signed into law by President George 
W. Bush. The law isn't perfect, but what is in life?

Good luck in your studies.

Lyn and Landon


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christel Sogenbits" <christel.chrissu at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 12:58 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Literature about guide dogs


> Hello !
>
> I am hoping that  people who are in this list can help me.
> I am searching  literature and research works about guide dogs, their 
> users
> and anything related.
> I am starting to finish my first three years in university and need to do 
> my
> bachelours work and I am thinking of doing it  about how are the rights of
> guide dog users and guide dog trainers rights developed trought history in
> USA and in Estonia. Im thinking of  comparing them and allso doing
> interviews with guide dog users from both countries.
> Beacuse  Im studying law then Im very interested  about the law part  and
> rights and obligations allso.
> I think what  I mostly want to show with my work is that  if in Estonia
> there would be more and better laws for  protection of guide dog users and
> trainers then  more people would have courage to get them selves a guide 
> dog
> and be more active and integrated into the society.
> So if anybody knows any kind of literature  to recomend to me then
> please-please let me know!
> Thank you very very much!
> PS! In December we celebrated 20 years of training guide dogs in Estonia!
>
> Tervitades / With greetings
> Christel Sogenbits
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> E-mail: christel.chrissu at gmail.com
> Skype: christel.chrissu
>
>
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