[nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway tracks with guide dog gifted new service dog

Fri Jan 31 04:30:08 UTC 2014

Sadly, sometimes the sympathy/pity card does get played too much, and we may
say more of that because OF THE DIFFICULTY IN GETTING DONATIONS THESE DAYS.
	The media never--or hardly ever--let us write articles about
ourselves, and they horribly misquote, so I don't talk to the media much.
Darla & handsome Huck

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie McGinnity
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:49 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway tracks
with guide dog gifted new service dog

It's all about how the article is written.  I suppose he retired his dog,
went to GEB, and got a new one.  Some of the donations probably went to GEB,
and the school helps out a bit with vet expenses, so his cost may be less.
It's all in the way they are portraying it.  I don't like it, but I do wish
him and his new dog lots of success.

On 1/30/14, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Buddy; when I was a somewhat newer handler, one of my 
> advocate friends had to straighten me out about that, so I don't tell 
> people this to be nasty or rude, but if you need to advocate for 
> yourself, you want to do it right.
> 	Odd; Great Britain confers the rights on the animal, as their dog 
> attack problem becomes larger, but then, as you said, you have to get 
> your dog from an accredited school; you can't be an 
> owner-trainer--which I don't like---even though it isn't something I 
> would do; I might have when I was a lot younger, but I'll leave it to my
school.
> Darla & Huck
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Buddy 
> Brannan
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 12:16 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway 
> tracks with guide dog gifted new service dog
>
> What Darla says cannot be overstated or stated too often. It's a small 
> distinction, but it's a really important one that we all must keep in
mind.
> If it was the animal that ha the access right, it wouldn't matter if 
> the person accompanying it had a disability or not, so long as the 
> animal was trained to mitigate a disability. See the difference?
>
> Interestingly, the Disability Discrimination Act in the UK apparently
> *does*
> confer the right o access on the animal, not the handler, at least, 
> this is my understanding. Of course, their regulations are also a lot 
> strict, requiring all service dogs to come from some accredited 
> organization such as the GDBA or other ones for service dogs.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, animals do not have rights under ADA or Fair housing or the 
>> Air Carrier act; the person has the right, or not, to be accompanied 
>> by his/her service animal or not, depending on which law.
>> Darla & handsome Huck
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of melissa R 
>> green
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:00 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway 
>> tracks withguide dog gifted new service dog
>>
>> I know what I am going to say may sound synical or a little harsh.
>> this is a good story and people feel good about the outcome.
>> I hope that this man gets more support than just financially.
>> He will face lots of challenges ahead.
>> I also know that many retired service anemals have no  rights in the 
>> ADA or the fair housing act.
>> so this part of the story will not be told.
>> Unlike the feel good and warm and fuzzy one of the amazing and super 
>> guide dog that helped this poor blind man.
>> I say bletch to the negative steriotypes surrounding this story.
>> As I have said, the other parts of the story will not be told on a 
>> national level, and may be not on a local level.
>> I wonder how many other stories are out there that are like this one 
>> in some fashion that we never heard anything about them.
>> I love the misspelling  of graduated.
>> Just my opinion.
>>
>> best wishes,
>> Sincerely,
>> Melissa R Green
>> "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole 
>> staircase." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:54 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway tracks 
>> withguide dog gifted new service dog
>>
>>
>> Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway tracks with guide dog 
>> gifted new service dog
>>
>> NY Daily News
>>
>> http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/blind-new-yorker-survived-fall-su
>> b
>> way-tr
>> acks-guide-dog-gifted-new-service-dog-article-1.1593292
>>
>>
>>
>> If a man's only as good as his friends, Cecil Williams sure knows how 
>> to pick them.
>>
>>
>>
>> Weeks after the blind New Yorker and his trusty guide dog narrowly 
>> escaped death after falling before an oncoming subway train, the 
>> 60-year-old man has been gifted a new service dog after his heroic 
>> canine, Orlando, retired as his pet.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I feel that I was blessed with Orlando, right? And now I'm being 
>> blessed again," Williams told NBC's the Today Show while seated 
>> beside his black Lab and newly acquired yellow Lab, Godiva.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anonymous donors reacting to the William's heart-warming story of his 
>> dog jumping to his side chipped in to allow Williams to keep Orlando, 
>> who's pictured with him in the hospital here.
>>
>>
>>
>> The now famous pair first made news in December after Williams 
>> fainted and fell off a 125th St. subway platform, and awoke to find 
>> his 11-year-old service dog protectively by his side.
>>
>>
>>
>> Both Williams and Orlando - who witnesses said protectively jumped 
>> down on the tracks moments after his owner fell - only just survived 
>> after they dipped their heads down at the last minute as the train 
>> roared
> overhead.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Orlando was like my angel, and he's always been that since I got him,"
>> Williams told NBC. "We work together. I protect him and he protects me."
>>
>>
>>
>> Then word came that Williams could neither afford to keep Orlando - 
>> who was set to soon retire - nor afford a new guide dog.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anonymous donors reacting to the news soon after chipped in to help 
>> Williams afford Orlando. In a second remarkable act of kindness, he 
>> was gifted Godiva.
>>
>>
>>
>> In his interview with NBC, Williams was moved to tears as he 
>> described his good fortune brought on by the generosity of strangers.
>>
>>
>>
>> "The spirit of good will, it exists," he said. "In the world you see 
>> a lot of negative things, but I try to focus on the positive."
>>
>>
>>
>> Godiva was one of nine January gradates with the Guiding Eyes for the 
>> Blind, a nonprofit based in New York. The dogs go on to serve the 
>> blind and visually impaired.
>>
>>
>>
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--
Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National Federation
of the Blind performing arts division secretary, Missouri Association of
Guide dog Users President, and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008 "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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