[nagdu] college & guide dogs

Sun May 31 21:17:45 UTC 2009

I always asked before I recorded any lecture. It's just common courtesy.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garry and Joy Relton" <relton30857 at cox.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] college & guide dogs


> You are welcome.
>
> I do want to say that there is no right to record lectures. That needs to 
> be
> checked out with the individual professors and the college. Many 
> professors
> use the materials in their lectures for books and other publications which
> are part of their conditions of employment. Recording the entire lecture 
> is
> not the same as taking notes. It's just like recording a concert. It's not
> legal and frankly not very polite. JMO.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Marion & Martin
> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:34 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] college & guide dogs
>
>
> Joy,
>    I was going to post a message, but thought i would wait to see what 
> sort
>
> of great advice came from others. I'm happy I did, as you saved me a lot 
> of
> time! (smile)
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion gwizdala
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Garry and Joy Relton" <relton30857 at cox.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 9:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] college & guide dogs
>
>
>> You don't need to do anything. You have a right to live in the dorms
>> with your dog and the work with him/her throughout the campus and have
>> him/her attend class. There isn't any need to notify them about
>> anything. The only issue that I can think of is if you had a roommate
>> who was allergic to dogs. As far as parking your dog you have the same
>> responsibilities for clean up as you would any other public place.
>> That's generally easily worked out. By
>> that I mean you need to find a safe place and have the ability to locate 
>> a
>> trash can. By safe I am referring to any debree that might not be safe 
>> for
>> the dog as well as late night walking with your dog. I used dogs through
>> all
>> three of my degrees. I had professors in law school who put my dog on the
>> seating chart. I even had a professor in undergrads who used to swear 
>> that
>> he could get a reading on how interesting he was by how my dog responded.
>> If
>> she was sleeping too much he figured it wasn't too interesting. The funny
>> thing was that he was one of those people who would move around a talk a
>> bit. Sometimes, he'd put on different hats to role play different people.
>> One day he did this and put his fist down a little hard on his desk at 
>> the
>> slide projector and sparks came out of one of his hats. That got Vicki's
>> attention for sure.
>>
>> I found that my class mates on campus were very friendly toward the
>> dog
>> and
>> learned easily what the rules were with respect to talking to or petting
>> her. A lot will depend on your attitude. If you are outgoing friendly and
>> yet firm about the rules and their need I believe that other students 
>> will
>> respect your needs and wishes.
>>
>> Best of luck to both of you.
>>
>> Joy with Belle
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Katrin Andberg
>> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:31 PM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] college & guide dogs
>>
>>
>> I have been thinking for some time about going back to school and was
>> wondering if anyone on the list had any helpful hints about going
>> through the college process with a guide.  What did you have to do to
>> notify the school you have a guide?  Were there any problems
>> navigating a campus with your guide?  Did you run into problems with
>> professors or other staff or students because of your guide?  Anything
>> else that was helpful or not helpful to you?
>>
>>
>>
>> I remember last time I tried university it was 7 years ago before I
>> had
>> any
>> supports and to this day I have no clue what that campus looked like or
>> how
>> to get around it.  I knew how to get to 1 building and then sort of
>> navigate
>> in that building, usually ended up at the wrong place and needed someone
>> to
>> help me back to class.  Needless to say my college experience was fairly
>> limited and I didn't last 2 semesters.  Now with James and other supports
>> I
>> hope to try again and have more success.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any discussion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Katrin & James
>>
>>
>>
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