[nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2

Mon Mar 31 14:03:52 UTC 2014

GDF, Guide dog Foundation is in Smithtown. Why do we all come to LI? Because GDF is the best guide dog school for persons who have additional disabilities. Yes there are other guide dog schools, in NJ, Ohio, Michigan, California, and in the upstate New York. Some of them have special programs for persons with additional disabilities, others do not. I was denied a successer dog from The Seeing Eye in NJ because I am deafblind. I am not saying that The Seeing eye is not a good school, but they are not equiped to serve persons who are deafblind. 
Does that answer your question? 

Marsha drenth  
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> On Mar 31, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Trish Hubschman <palhub at optonline.net> wrote:
> 
> Janice,
> Where would you get a new guide dog?  Why does everyone come to Long
> Island?  Are there other guide dog schools? 
> Trish
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janice Toothman
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 9:45 AM
> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
> 
> Hi Marsha,
> When my life settles down enough for me and they find another guide for me
> to train but the earliest I would be free is after the Deaf Blind Camp.
> Janice
>> On 3/29/2014 1:02 PM, Marsha Drenth wrote:
>> Janice, When will you be officially retiring your pup? And when do you 
>> think you will go back for a guide? Very curiously,
>> 
>> Marsha drenth
>> Sent with my IPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Janice Toothman
> <janice.toothman at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Trish,
>>> No I am not allergic to Destiny but my Asthma is affected my many
> things-thankfully not dogs.  Unfortunately, I will probably have to give her
> back to the Guide Dog Foundation because I do not think I can afford to pay
> her vet bills-including four medicines and special dog food as much as I
> love her.  It will be heartrenching but I know that with Gods help and my
> friends on the DB lists and family I will get through it somehow and accept
> the new guide dog.
>>> Janice
>>>> On 3/24/2014 7:33 AM, Trish Hubschman wrote:
>>>> Janice,
>>>> We were talking about that on the other list.  I never thought of 
>>>> people having allergies regarding guide dogs.
>>>> Are you allergic to  Destiny?  Where will she go if she's retired?
>>>> Trish
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janice 
>>>> Toothman
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 8:29 PM
>>>> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Delcenia,
>>>> Most guide dog schools have poodles or labradoodple (Labrador and 
>>>> poodle
>>>> crosses) for people with allergies or family members with allergies.
>>>> The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind where I received Destiny 
>>>> sends out hair/fur clippings or the possible matches to the student 
>>>> that they will use to see if they have an allergic reaction to the 
>>>> hair/fur before meeting the dog.
>>>> It depends on how allergic people are to dogs for one and whether 
>>>> they take medication for it or not to control their allergies or is 
>>>> it so bad that they have to go to the hospital.
>>>> Janice
>>>>> On 3/20/2014 4:25 PM, Delcenia Brown wrote:
>>>>> Hi Darlene,
>>>>> Nice to meet you also. I am new to this list but not to NFB. I have 
>>>>> been a member for at least 8 years. I have work with the (BSVI) 
>>>>> state agency over 20 years but no one has ever told me about HK or 
>>>>> that it was an option for me. I am not sure if it is today. I want 
>>>>> to keep control and do things before it gets worst. Like I said I 
>>>>> want to work and with what I want  to do it has been challenging. 
>>>>> Where did you get your guide dog?  I started to applying at Seeing 
>>>>> Eye last year but I chicken out. I would like one. However, most of 
>>>>> my family has allergies and my grandchildren are terrified of dogs.
>>>>> Delcenia
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Darlene Laibl-Crowe
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 3:46 PM
>>>>> To: 'NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List'
>>>>> Subject: [nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello, Delcenia!  Nice to meet you!  I am from Florida and I also 
>>>>> have Usher 2.  I was able to go to HKNC because I advocated for 
>>>>> myself to the state and justified as to why I needed their 
>>>>> services.  My reasoning was that there are NO services for Adult 
>>>>> Deaf Blind individuals in the State and I had also been a client of 
>>>>> DBS since 1986.  By the way, DBS means Division of Blind Services.  
>>>>> Anyway, after a few years I kind of got lost in the state's system 
>>>>> and was not getting the services I needed.  So when I began to lose 
>>>>> more hearing and vision I struggled in a huge way.  I didn't know 
>>>>> anything about HKNC until I started doing research And found out 
>>>>> about the Florida Deaf Blind Association.  I soon met HKNC 
>>>>> Southeast rep and many of the members of that organization and within a
> year I was hearing to NY.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The training is very expensive but the state more than willingly 
>>>>> paid for that service.  I am so grateful that they have.  Now, the 
>>>>> state has grown because I do all I can advocate and educate them 
>>>>> and others as needed.  I don't know everything but what I don't 
>>>>> know I do my best to
>>>> find out.
>>>>> One
>>>>> thing that I have learned is that it is important to know what 
>>>>> resources are out there and how you can use it for your specific 
>>>>> needs.  HKNC taught that to me and it is something that needs to be 
>>>>> taught to many.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As for the balance issue, I, too, did not have problems with 
>>>>> balance but I've noticed more lately that I am getting dizzy...I 
>>>>> think it is because I can't quite focus on something to maintain a 
>>>>> sense of balance.  It isn't too bad...and hopefully it won't get worse.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My guide dog is wonderful about being sure I am good on my feet. 
>>>>> I've noticed when I get a little off balanced she will slow down 
>>>>> and let me kind of lean on her a bit to get myself oriented again.  
>>>>> She is amazing and I am so glad I have her.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I, too, am fairly new to NFB...a little over a year now.  NFB is a 
>>>>> great learning experience as well!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hope you are able to go to HKNC, it is very a rewarding experience!!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> (smile)
>>>>> Darlene
>>>>> 
>>>>> "God wants to breathe new life into your dreams. He wants to 
>>>>> breathe new hope into your heart. Don't give up. Hold on and you'll 
>>>>> begin to see Him do amazing things"
>>>>>   ~               Joel Osteen
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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