[NAGDU] student eligibility

[Debbie Gabe]

Yes!!!

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From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jody ianuzzi via NAGDU
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:37 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jody ianuzzi <thunderwalker321 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] student eligibility

When I went to the Seeing Eye in 2019 there was a lady in my class that was in her 80s. She was so fit I thought she was actually in her 50s! I was 65 at the time and I do plan to get another dog I have heard of people in their early 90s getting dogs.

I think the schools appreciate the fact that it's not age the counts it's the person's ability to handle a dog and how fit they are nee Needless to say there are many people that are young that don't have the endurance to handle a guide dog.
JODY

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> On Mar 19, 2024, at 11:31 AM, Vanessa Lowery via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Additionally, age discrimination cannot be stated as being a problem because all of the schools set age limits (how young or how old). So if you're gonna lay that claim, you have to lay it on every Guide Dog school in the United States. As Marge stated, The Seeing Eye does exercise flexibility, especially with older individuals who have been able to successfully demonstrate that they can handle the rigor of training. marj is correct that not only did we have the gentleman who was in his 70s, but within my specific team (my instructor and her four students, there was a first timer who was in her early 70s. Now granted, she was under 75. But nevertheless, she met the criteria.
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> By the way, Marge, tell your brother that his brother is successfully recovering from his surgery because of his indiscretion when it came to consuming a forbidden item.
> Vanessa and the zoo
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>> On Mar 19, 2024, at 9:51 AM, Marj Schneider via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hello All,
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>> I've seen quite a lot of flexibility from Seeing Eye over the years in terms of student age and activity level. In my class last February, where Vanessa and I were matched with shepherd brothers Virtue and Verlin, there was a first-time classmate who was 77. He was matched with a very frisky male lab.
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>> Marj and Verlin
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