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From: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Emergency Exits
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Date: 19 Jul 90 04:49:02 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 TG> I just had to respond to your mesg. to David.  I believe that 
 TG> in the NFB there is a splitting of blinks into blind guys with 
 TG> dogs and those without.  As a dog user I saw this first hand at 
 TG> every convention I attended, which was about ten.

Tom,
     I'm not sure that this split is unique to the NFB, as I've also
noted this same thing with most any group of blind people with whom I've
come into contact!
     I'll may as well throw all caution to the wind, and take this even
a step further...I've noticed that blind people who are educated via the
"blind school" route appear to most often be the ones who view guide
dogs as unnecessary baggage, or even worse!  Ironically, I recently had
a conversation with a young woman of this ilk, and yet she not only
didn't use a cane effectively, she was obviously most use to traveling
with sighted assistance!  No big deal, cause I definately don't want to
appear like one of those people who judges a fellow blink according to
their mobility skills, but the fact that someone with very little
ability in this area could be so adimantly anti-guide dog tells me she
was taught to be that way!
     So then, to quote BK, "What do you think?"
                                                        Willie
     

... Even if you're not the lead dog, the view can be interesting!

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