[NAGDU] student eligibility

Wed Mar 13 22:24:38 UTC 2024

oh wow. I did not know that someone in their 90s was still eligible for a
guide dog. That is quite interesting. I'm only 41 years old. I have plenty
of time to learn.

On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 5:17 PM Debbie Gabe via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi,  I am 73, retired, and almost full time babysitter of my 1.5 year old
> grandson. July 2023 I just got my first guide dog from Guide Dogs for the
> Blind in Calif. I used a long cane for decades before this. I get a lot of
> rides from my husband who is also retired. But I also like to go places on
> bus or paratransit on my own when my husband is busy.
> Now that I have the dog, I try to walk her (and I mean longer walks of at
> least a mile or more) twice a day with shorter walk in between. But the
> past 2 months she hasn't been walked as much as I would like because I had
> to have foot surgery and my old knee injury is acting up. But usually with
> my knee brace on I can walk her at least a mile.  She goes to a lot of
> doctor appointments and loves to go shopping especially at grocery stores!
> When I was at at GDB getting dog training, they told us the oldest person
> they matched with a guide dog was in her 90s! But when they evaluated me at
> home to see if I qualified for a dog, I had to give them a list of at least
> 3 places where I walk at least half a mile.and then they made me walk with
> my cane for half a mile and then with Juno for half a mile.
> I don't know how that compares with other guide schools
> Good luck
> debbie.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Cc: Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] student eligibility
>
> Do people who are homemakers qualify to get guide dogs or guide horses?
> Because that is what I am, a homemaker. I live in a rural town, the
> nearest city is about an hour drive away and I have a farely large yard in
> back of my house that is partially fenced in.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 1:54 PM Vanessa Lowery via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I can only speak for The Seeing Eye, but they do want to know whether
> > you are working, in college, or homemaker, or retired, etc. It depends
> > on the individual whether working or not as to when they could be
> > called into class. A number of the people who were in my last couple
> > of classes were able to do work while at The Seeing Eye with their
> > laptops. In fact, there were a couple of attorneys in my 2023 class
> > who did work Using their laptops during some downtime. So it is not
> > unusual for some people who already work remotely to bring some of
> > their work with them. Same thing for students who are in class. It's a
> > little bit less likely that a student would be in class at any other
> > time other than the summertime, but there are exceptions. And my 2023
> > class, there were two high school students. I am assuming that they
> > did classwork online.  Both were seniors in high school.
> >
> >
> > Vanessa and the zoo
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Mar 13, 2024, at 1:46 PM, Julie A. Orozco via NAGDU
> > > <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I thought they asked those questions to get a sense of when the
> > applicant
> > > might be available for class. Someone who works or is in school will
> > > be
> > less
> > > available than someone who isn't working.
> > >
> > > Is that incorrect?
> > >
> > > Julie
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Richard via
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> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 10:38 AM
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> > > Cc: richardfiorello716 at gmail.com
> > > Subject: [NAGDU] student eligibility
> > >
> > > Hi;
> > >
> > > I have noticed that the first question that many schools ask is are
> > > you working.  As the bulk of the blind population ages I would hope
> > > that
> > schools
> > > would adjust their program to accommodate older students who may not
> > > be working but are still active.
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > >
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