[NAGDU] Guide dog schools employing blind people

[Jenine Stanley]

GDF has 3 blind people on staff and at least 3 on the Board of Directors plus several service dog handlers on that board as well. 

The 3 blind staff, including myself, are Carolyn who works in my office and is the main person who answers our department phones but she also arranges presentations and gives people in person tours and on=-site workshops. Philip is our Dog Adoption Coordinator, not his official title but I actually don’t know his official title. He works directly with dogs that are being adopted, either after retirement or a career change. 

> On Oct 2, 2018, at 10:46 PM, Milissa Garside via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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