[NAGDU] Guide dog schools employing blind people

[Sherry Gomes]

GDB did have several blind employees a few years ago. I worked in admissions from 2006 to may of 2009. There were also people in the training and kennel departments as well as blind residence assistance for each dorm. I can't swear to it, but I think the counselor at GDB is the only one left, who is blind. Oh, and the alumni director is blind. I know she has a different title now, but she's still there. And of course, our own Michael Hingson worked there for a while too. It was not always a very comfortable place to work with a lot of the staff not liking it, though some did embrace the idea. I think once the CEO left who had really pushed for hiring more grads on staff, the momentum died. 

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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Guide dog schools employing blind people

As far as I understand, the guide dog foundation also currently has two blind employees on staff. However, I am unsure what their official  titles are and do not want to put out misinformation. GDF folks, feel free to chime in.

Last I knew, the psychologist on staff at guide dogs for the blind is also blind and is a guide dog user. In addition, I know that there used to be another blind woman who worked at guide dogs for the blind several years ago. If I am not mistaken, I believe she did some work that was involved with training the dogs. I remember a while back, there was a big movement to try to get the guide dog schools to have blind people actually involved with training the dogs. This woman that I am thinking of worked at guide dogs for the blind at that time.

Milissa

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> On Oct 2, 2018, at 6:34 PM, Tara Briggs via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi all! To the guide  dog school‘s employ  many  blind people? To me it just doesn’t seem like there are many schools that employs   blind people. I know that for seeing eye and I understand guiding eyes have a president that is blind. But here on the seeing eye, the only other two members of the staff who are blind is the receptionist is blind and they have a person who works on access issues that is  blind. Everybody else is sighted  to my understanding. I would be interested   in more information and anyone’s thoughts on this subject.
> Tara
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