[guidedogchat] Re: Heyas
- From: Nadine Lattimore <nadine.lattimore@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 21:41:05 +0100
I do not intend to attack you personally Julia, but I must respond
Firstly Autism is a spectrum disorder with huge variety of effects on
individuals. Aspergers is a social disorder not a mental issue, and persons can
be highly functional, intelligent and responsible. And indeed co morbid
disability guide dog users are not uncommon.
Thank you Nadine
> fI know but coupled with Autism? It sounds madness. We havenjt actually said
> my son cant have a guide dog, only that a dog is a full time responsiblity as
> we all know and is he mature enough to take on that responsibility? And a
> younger child, I dont know the extent of this kid's autism, I could
> understand an autistic support dog as I know someone who's daughter has one,
> but she has only recently taken on more rsponsibility of this dog and is not
> allowed to take it out alone. Untill recnetly she had to had a double lead
> attached so her dad would also be holding it. Not sure how the hell this
> blind child with austism would work a dog!! Its a live animal we are dealing
> with here. And kids with mental issues are not always fully aware of this.
> Julia
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> From: Vincent Thacker
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> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 10:40 AM
> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Heyas
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> More young people in the UK are getting dogs now, too, which hasn't met with
> universal approval, but I'd say circumstances alter cases, and if everyone
> can make the handling of the dog work well, good luck to them. Some
> surprisingly old people are also getting dogs. I did hear of a 96-year old
> getting a new dog, which must be a new definition of optimism! On the other
> hand, there are unacceptable delays in getting a dog for working-age people
> very often, which is the downside.
>
> Vince.
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> Message Received: Apr 06 2014, 09:15 PM
> From: "Nadine Lattimore"
> To: "guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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> Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: Heyas
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> Makes much more sense now, hi Katie.
> Of course everything changes when dealing with a young dog handler,
> like you said it always seems to be playtime, never mind adding a dog
> to the equation!
> I guess attention towards the dog does not have to mean full on
> playtime. Recess I think you call it could be a great time to burn off
> some extra energy for all. Then quiet calm interaction such as gentle
> rub, maybe eye contact or good boy/girl is enough to let dog know you
> are still there during class. This is just a general idea of how I
> manage college lectures.
> It will really depend on how the handler and dog interact in general.
> How long has the unit been working together? High school would that be
> changing rooms every 45minutes?
> Here in Ireland the age has dropped recently from 18 to 16 and I am
> personally not in favour of this.
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> Nadine Lattimore
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> On 5 Apr 2014, at 23:38, Katie Moncelsi wrote:
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> >>
> >> A blind child with a guide dog thats attistic? Are you serious? How old is
> >> this child? My own son is blind and mildly autistic but a guide dog is the
> >> last thing I'd consider suitable for him until he matures more.
> > He's very high functioning, I'd guess you'd call him asperger's instead
> > of autistic. He's 17 years old as well. I probably should have mentioned
> > the school is a high school as well.
> >
> > Katie
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