[nfb-db] guide dog recommendation
lrroth55 at gmail.com
lrroth55 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 13 02:13:49 UTC 2015
Glad to be of help! Lydia
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> On Oct 12, 2015, at 9:48 PM, Delcenia via nfb-db <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks! Yes, this is very helpful!
> Delcenia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lydia Roth via
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> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 9:37 PM
> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: lrroth55 at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Living independently with 70% hearing loss in Rio
> Grande Valley?
>
> Hey Delcenia. Janice's dog is from guide Dog Foundation, in New York. There
> are several schools that train dog for the deafblind. Some of the others you
> didn't mention are: GDF in New York; Leader Dogs, in Michigan; and Pilot
> Dogs, in Columbus, OH. There are probably more I haven't listed; these are
> the ones I know that definitely train for db. Hope this helps. Lydia
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Delcenia via nfb-db <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Very well said Janice!
>> Yes, I agree when you share on this list it can help others in many
>> ways. By the way I was wondering, what is the humanservices list? And
>> where did you get your guide dog. I am thinking about getting one. I
>> have heard of Guiding Eyes and Seeing Eyes. Are there other
> recommendation?
>>
>> Yes, having the support of family, friends, faith based group makes a
>> world of difference! Good luck in your job search!
>> Delcenia
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janice
>> Toothman via nfb-db
>> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 12:18 PM
>> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Janice Toothman <janice.toothman at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Living independently with 70% hearing loss in
>> Rio Grande Valley?
>>
>> Geraldo,
>>
>> Yes you can live independently with as a Deaf-Blind individual with
>> 70% hearing loss. However, you need good travel skills and support
>> system to ensure that you can manage to get what you need to get do
>> and go where you need to go. Whether that means public
>> transportation, paratransit, friends, church or faith-based organization.
>>
>> Also, I mention friends because I saw you on the humanservices list
>> also. I know that having completed my counseling training and am
>> looking for a job to complete my licensing hours is a daunting task
>> with out adding a dual disability to the mix. That is where the
>> support of the friends, particularly Federation Friends can be of enormous
> help.
>>
>> Did you get your BA in in psychology in Mexico and now want to apply
>> to graduate school in the US?
>>
>> Personally, finding out how other people have coped and lived
>> independently with the degree of hearing loss is an asset not only to you
> but to others.
>>
>> I enjoyed my independence and used a combination of paratransit, the
>> campus shuttle system and walking with my guide dog to store for
>> graceries/pharmacy in the stores right behind my apartments.
>>
>> It was an awesome feeling to be responsible for my apartment and
>> paying the bills. All the apartment kids loved my guide dog and wanted to
> pet her.
>> She loved the attention, when not in harness because she adores little
> kids.
>> Although it was frequently a challenge hearing what people said, if I
>> did not have my FM System with me. But I did my best and was upfront
>> about my hearing and vision loss.
>>
>> Janice
>>
>>
>>> On 10/12/2015 9:45 AM, Gerardo Corripio via nfb-db wrote:
>>> HI guys
>>> Is it possible to live independently with 70% hearing loss aside from
>>> blindness? Also how is the Rio Grande Valley in terms of working
>>> opportunities, being able to get paratransit etc? Please write me off
>>> list as not to clutter at gera1027 at gmail.com Thanks for any info.
>>
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