[NAGDU] Mind Blown....

[Tami Jarvis]

Michael,

It seems to me that if ADI and CCI succeed in their goal to legislate 
certification and standards (which they will, of course, be happy to set 
up and administer!), it would have a negative, if not devastating, 
effect on the programs. So I'm surprised that they're willing to be part 
of that. I'm sure the membership and accreditation help with 
fundraising, since most people are impressed by that sort of thing. If 
school A is accredited and school B is not, which one would most of us

donate to? Having a defined set of standards is never a bad thing, 
either, naturally. :)

Since I'm looking at the scene from an entirely different standpoint, 
the whole idea makes my hair stand on end. The most recent proposed 
legislation I read was downright frightening! Each new one seems to 
include more regulation of service dogs, and this one mentioned ADI a 
couple of times. It didn't get to trying to legislate semi-annual 
re-evaluation or other requirements they recommend in their literature, 
but I'm wondering now how long before I see that in some proposed state 
law that has a chance of going through the legislative process. The last 
one simply wanted to make it the law that a dog must sit and stay to be 
registered. Oh, and behave at home the way they think it should. Silly 
me. I own my home and believe the dogs should behave the way *I* think 
they should. Also, wouldn't that requirement mean someone has to come 
into the home of every service dog user and hang out to observe and 
verify the dog's at-home behavior is up to snuff?

The programs can also wield some influence over these legislative 
efforts from within, and look out for their own interests, at least. 
Some, if not all, would no doubt also look out for the interests of 
their consumers. So maybe that balances out the paying for membership 
and so forth that adds funding to the efforts to regulate service dogs 
out of existence?

Just sorta trying to think it through here, and I'm only guessing in my 
conjectures about behind-the-scenes stuff and how it all might work.

Tami



On 05/07/2016 10:01 AM, Michael Hingson via NAGDU wrote:
> Wayne,
>
> Jenine is correct. The problem is that ADI has not done a great job of
> listening to consumers and thus has been acting like Marion describes.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Michael Hingson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 6:29 AM
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> Cc: Jenine Stanley <jeninems at icloud.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Mind Blown....
>
> Wayne,
>
> Before you panic, ADI has adopted the IGDF standards as their standards for
> guide dog schools.
>> On May 6, 2016, at 11:38 PM, Wayne And Harley via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> My mind is BLOWN, I just did a casual search that took only a few minutes
> on ADI's website. Every major Guide Dog Training programme in the U.S.  is
> accredited by ADI. The only ones that I didn't see there were Pilot and a
> young school in Mississippi called Gallant Hearts....And here I thought they
> adhered to IGDF's standards and Guidelines. ....
>>
>>
>> Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,
>>
>> Wayne M. Scace
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