Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!synoptics!swbatl!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!109!143.0!Donna.Veno From: Donna.Veno@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Donna Veno) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: CANES VERSUS DOGS Message-ID: <15714@bunker.UUCP> Date: 16 Nov 90 16:23:08 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Donna.Veno@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:109/143.0 - DARKNESS III, Falls Church VA Lines: 22 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 11807 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] Right on! Why o Why can't blinkd let blinkd have the dignity to make personal choices! Shoot, I have been using a long cane since I was *seven; I'm forty-one now. I had 6 years of intensive and experimental o & m from what was then la creme de la creme, Boston College's o & m program. I can pick up a long cane and go when and where I want, although I am not as confident with the thing because I don't use it on a daily basis. Why? I'm an animal lover! I love the companionship of my furry friends; I love the additional speed, and for me, confident comfort that a guide dog affords. Let's get off it, guys, and argue about something that really matters. Do sighted people argue over whether a Toyota Curcell is better than a Toyota Carolla? Like you said, sister, the dog and the cane have one thing in common--they both gets ya where ya is trying to get! This makes me nuts, so I'm clicking off now! DV -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!109!143.0!Donna.Veno Internet: Donna.Veno@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org