[nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind's guide dog policydoesnot discriminate

[Angie Matney]

Dan asked:

>Could it be  that some people discourage
>the use of guide dogs because they, the dogs,  see and for no other reason?

This isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. I was told by an LCB grad that the problem with dogs was that the dog, by virtue of the fact that they could see, comforted members of the public who would otherwise be very afraid about blindness. This, in turn, 
led the public to form less positive views about blindness, even though they were comforted by the fact that we had something that could see to help us.

This, IMO, is a serious distortion of reality.

Lots of other good points in your post, Dan.

Angie