[nagdu] Check Out This School District Policy- Your Thoughts? Your Suggested Plan of Action?

Mon Apr 7 17:50:10 UTC 2014

When I got Jada, I was entering my last semester of my senior year. 

My school was so supportive! But I will tell you a possible problem I may have run in to if I had defered my diploma. 
I was wanting to go to a school for the blind so I could receive some Independent living training as well as start taking college classes to get some GencomEds out of the way. 
When I asked the administration of Ohio State School for the Blind about Guide Dogs at there school, I was told that it was not acceptable. 
I was quite upset. This school, specifically for the blind, who promote independence doesn't allow service dogs on there campus for their students who will live in the dorms? 
OSSB's reason for not wanting the dog on the campus was because of the possibility of students with immature mental ages not being able to handle the presence of the dog. 
My first thought after hearing that? "Not My Problem!" 
Unfortunately, I was not able to further explore this problem with OSSB, because I chose to go right into College so it was no longer an issue for me personally. 

Does anyone have any light to shed on this particular isiue or updates on OSSB's dog policy? 

Abigail Bolling and Joyful Little Jada! 
Treasurer: Ohio Association of Blind Students
Wright State University: Social work, Psychology, Pre-Med  

> On Apr 6, 2014, at 11:00 AM, "Darla Rogers" <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
>    Most children have para-pros; are you suggesting they learn
> dog-handling?
> Darla & Huggable Huck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hingson
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 7:19 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'; 'Star
> Gazer'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Check Out This School District Policy- Your
> Thoughts?Your Suggested Plan of Action?
> 
> Agreed depending on the service the dog is performing.  For example,
> autistic children may not maintain full control over the dog and thus must
> have an aid, possibly a parent, to be responsible for the dog.  In the case
> of a guide dog and many other dogs providing services the handler maintains
> full control and responsibility for the dog.
> 
> No matter what, policies that do not conform with the ADA must be struck
> down. 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> Michael Hingson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini
> at Home
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 04:36 PM
> To: Star Gazer; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Check Out This School District Policy- Your
> Thoughts?Your Suggested Plan of Action?
> 
> In most cases, why wouldn't the student be fully responsible for the dog?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 5, 2014, at 10:18 AM, "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> WTF! Good for you Julie for going to bat for this boy. 
> As for a service dog, didn't Ann say there was a difference between an adult
> in the school using a dog and a student? I can't find her post, but it
> seemed to be that adults can use a dog no questions asked, but children
> since they are not taking full responsibility for the dog cannot? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 7:16 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Check Out This School District Policy- Your
> Thoughts?Your Suggested Plan of Action?
> 
> Actually yes.  I've been to an IEP meeting where the debate was whether or
> not to let the little boy use a cane.  By letting him have his cane at
> school, the school was also acknowledging that they would have to provide
> O&M instruction.  That cost money they didn't want to spend, so no cane at
> school.
> 
> I do truly believe that in the classroom and other places where the public
> is not invited do not fall under the ADA, but rather the I.D.E.A.
> 
> Julie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicole Torcolini
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:04 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Check Out This School District Policy- Your
> Thoughts?Your Suggested Plan of Action?
> 
> Um, I'm sorry, but no. A service dog is not an accommodation. Do you write
> in an IEP that a student needs a cane or a wheelchair? I don't think so.
> Service dogs need to be treated the same that a cane or wheelchair would be
> treated in regards to being allowed and the student needing the dog. If
> there are issues with the dog him/herself or the student not being able to
> care for, handle, or control the dog, those issues need to be handled on a
> case by case basis .
> 
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