[nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail, November 14 2010

[Jessiaca Evans]

Mike?
You weren't chomping at the "bit" to read this either?

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HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail,
November 14 2010

Hello, I understood nothing of that. What does that mean? 

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Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:40 PM
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HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail,
November 14 2010

Wom wom. Ba da dum Bish.

Respectfully,
Jedi

Original message:
> I can't say I greet this with unbridled enthusiasm!

> Mike

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> From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
> To: <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:45 AM
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide 
> HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily 
> Mail, November 14 2010


>> Thought this article might be of interest to the list.

>> Link:
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1329398/Blind-woman-buys-guid
>> e-HORSE-strict-Muslim-parents-consider-dogs-unclean.html#ixzz15FmZlVW
>> q

>> Text:
>> Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide HORSE because her 
>> strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean By Daily Mail Reporter 
>> November 14, 2010

>> The 28-year-old's strictly religious parents would not allow a dog in 
>> the house, considering the animal unclean.

>> But then Miss Ramouni stumbled across a website article about 
>> miniature guide horses in April 2008.

>> 'It was something that I never thought about for myself,' she said.

>> Photo:  Leading the blind: Mona Ramouni has bought and trained a 
>> miniature horse, Cali, to be her guide

>> The psychology student used three years of savings from her job at a 
>> Braille proofreading company to pay for a horse to be trained to act 
>> as her guide.

>> Photo:  Refreshment break: Miss Ramouni treats Cali to some water

>> Since welcoming three-year-old guide horse Cali into her Dearborn, 
>> Michigan, home last year, Miss Ramouni has seen her life turned around.

>> Cali measures about 2ft 6in tall and has been taught to stand still 
>> indoors. She also helps Miss Ramouni get out of vehicles and move 
>> through crowds.

>> Her proud mistress said: 'She is an awesome little horse. What I 
>> really want is to be able to take her places neither of us would have 
>> been able to go without each other.

>> 'Before Cali, I had given up. I got to the point where I thought, 
>> 'I'm going to get nothing out of my life'. Cali has given me the 
>> confidence back I used to have as a kid.'

>> Born three months premature, Miss Ramouni lost her sight shortly 
>> after birth.

>> Among the challenges she had to overcome in order for Cali to stay at 
>> her home were getting a permit to place a large shed in her family's 
>> garden and to find a farrier to look after the horse's hooves.

>> Her friends warned her it would be a difficult thing to do.

>> But Miss Ramouni said: 'The more everybody told me "No, don't do it," 
>> the more I wanted to do it,' she said. 'I got to a point in my life 
>> where I thought... "Why should I settle for something less than I can
have?"

>> 'There have been so many obstacles. People said 'You'll never find a vet.
>> You'll never find a farrier." I found them all.'

>> She added: 'More than even the independence, I found that Cali showed 
>> me that there are possibilities.'

>> Photo:  Horses for courses: Miss Ramouni and Cali attend a seminar at 
>> Michigan State University

>> Photo:  Cali helps his proud mistress cross the road. Miss Ramouni 
>> spent three years saving to buy the 2ft 6in tall horse


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