[NAGDU] Guide dog schools employing blind people

Wed Oct 3 12:40:07 UTC 2018

I know at Southeastern the graduate services person is a graduate and i heard recently at GDB someone in the kennel was a graduate, I've wondered how that works.

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Nancy Irwin
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On Oct 3, 2018, at 7:40 AM, Tara Briggs via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Thank you everyone for your responses so far. Honestly I find it disappointing and frustrating how little employment the schools offer they’re blind  graduates. I’m not saying that the  Guide  dog schools should employ only blind  graduates but it just seems to me that there’s a lot more than confident line graduates can do and should be doing. I remember talking to some friends that went to GDB  when they had  their blind  dorm residence assistance and they  absolutely  loved them! Sometimes I feel like as  blind people we can give each other the best advice about how to work with our dogs because we live  it! Here at the Seeing Eye the counselor is cited and to be honest I have found myself so intensely missing  a blind full-time mental health therapist. Anyway, why do you think that the majority of the schools employ so few  of their own graduates?  It’s been really fascinating to me to meet blind  people who simply don’t think that blind people can teach Cain travel. And whenever I tell them about my incredible amazing experience with my cane travel instructor, Deja Pal,   I just get nowhere! Well, I look forward to further thoughts on this thread. I know there are a few people on this list  Who have trained  their  own dogs.  To those of you who have trained your own dog, do you think  that blind  people can be guide  dog trainers? Do you think that blind people  Can we guide  dog instructors? If so, why do you think this and how do you think nblind  people could do it?  
Tara

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> On Oct 3, 2018, at 6:34 AM, Jenine Stanley via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> 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. 
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>> 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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