[nagdu] People First, Please was Re: blind dog training

[Larry D. Keeler]

I think they come from folks who are not necessarily comfortible with 
they're condition.  I've tried the political correctness thing and it 
usually doesn't work exceptt when addressing non disabled folks who as a 
rule aren't comfortible with us.  My daughter calls herself deaf and I'm 
blind.  My wife calls herself a wheelchair user.  Although the latter 
implies that she can decide whether or not to us the thing!  I personally 
find that refering to my condition as blind sure clears up a lot!  I do 
aggree with Nicole that it shouldn't be the first thing one knows about us. 
I hated being refered to as "Blind Larry"!  I once had someone fololow me 
around downtown and finally I asked him what was it he wanted!  He was 
having a really hard time wondering what to call my blindness!  I told him 
you refer to me by my name first!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] People First, Please was Re: blind dog training


> Well, of course, that is just way over the top, and there is that danger. 
> I don't know where some of those things come from. LOL.
>
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