Guide Dog Chronicles: Application Denied By GEB
\nBy Kate Chamberlin
\nJournal Entry: Thursday, November 8, 2012
\n` My dream – My new status as an empty nester will enable me to travel more and volunteer my time and experience in ways never before possible. A well-trained guide dog would enable me to hold my head up high and step out with confidence, not to mention the positive reflection on the guide dog movement and enhanced perception the public would have of a senior citizen who just happens to have a disability
\n` My Reality \u2013 Guiding Eyes for the Blind has denied my application for a replacement guide dog.
\n` My Reaction – GEB issued my first guide dog to me in 1989. The only thing that has change with my situation is that I\u2019m older. I never did have a \u201cdedicated\u201d route; I\u2019ve always had volunteer positions with a very few brief part-time, low paying positions; I\u2019ve never used public transportation except during training; I\u2019ve raised three children and two granchildren, taken good care of a variety of cats, gerbils, and dogs, not to mention the same husband for 42 years.
\n` My Options \u2013 Use the long, white cane; apply to another guide dog training center; once I find a rocking chair, to sit! Stay!
\n` The Lesson(s) Learned \u2013 Don\u2019t become middle-aged; don\u2019t retire or otherwise become unemployed; and don\u2019t put your trust in an impersonal committee that can pull your much needed aid, support, and companion out from under you at a time you really need it.
\n` The Form E-mail received –
\nFrom: Bev Klayman
\nTo: “kathryngc@juno.com”
\nDate: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:21:05 -0500
\nSubject: Your application to Guiding Eyes for the Blind
\nNovember 6, 2012
\nDear Kathryn,
\nI am writing to inform you that, after careful review of your file, our Admissions Committee has denied your application for a guide dog.<\/p>\n
The committee does not feel you do enough independent walking to benefit sufficiently from a dog for the amount of effort required of you in training with
\nand caring for the dog, or be able to keep a young guide dog active and working safely for you.<\/p>\n
I am sorry that we cannot be of service to you, Kathryn.
\nHowever, our best wishes go with you.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,
\nBev Klayman
\nManager of Admissions Services
\nGuiding Eyes for the Blind
\nPh. 1-800-942-0149
\n914-243-2222 (direct)
\nFax: 914-243-2232 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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