Visually challenged people all over the world are commuting on the public transpotation system and that's not an excuse to deny guide dog usage. But unfortunately we don't have enough of institutionalized mechanism to train and distribute such dogs in India. Naturally some individuals take advantage of it and try to cheat us. The best thing at this stage is to have awareness and of course fight for our right to utilize multiple mobility aids including guide dog.
Vetri. On 02/09/2011, Rohiet A. Patil <[email protected]> wrote: > As per my openian, it is very difficult to use guide dog in indian > situations. Especially, many of us are depend on public transport like city > bus or local train, then how can we carry them with us where we can manage > us with very much difficulty? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kanchan Pamnani" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Guide dog > > >> Please do not go to Nitin Sule. he has taken money from many of us and has >> >> not given any of us a dog let alone a guide dog. If he is still wandering >> around the visually challenged then please let me know. I would be happy >> to complain to the police. Be aware and Be careful. I know atleast 3 >> others who have been cheated by him and I am sure I will be able to find a >> >> few more. >> If any one of you met him please ask him what he did with the money he >> took from several visually challenged in 2005. No dog, no money and no >> telephone call to apolagise. >> Shirin trains dogs for the police and she was not willing to train dogs >> for the visually challenge but if she is now willing then you could ask >> her. Its been a long time since I last met her. I dont think anyone is >> really qualified to train guide dogs in India. >> >> Kanchan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rahul Bajaj" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:44 PM >> Subject: [AI] Guide dog >> >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I've been thinking about getting a guide dog for the last few months. >>> I even contacted Dr. Nitin Sule and Shirin Merchant for this purpose. >>> They are the only people who can provide guide dogs to people living in >>> India. >>> Does anyone else here use a guide dog? >>> Do share your views on this matter. >>> I'd really like to know what everyone here thinks about using a guide >>> dog in India. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Rahul >>> >>> Search for old postings at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >>> [email protected] >>> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please visit the list home page at >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >>> >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
