They are most commonly called assistance dogs. The term guide dogs is specifically used to indicate dogs which guide blind and partially sighted people around.
Having lived in the UK for close to an year, I can realise the advantages of having a guide dog. It is amazing what some of these guide dogs are capable of. I am one of those who used to be extremely afraid of dogs but now, there are four people with guide dogs working next to me in the office. These dogs are also trained to recognise not only their owners but other blind people around them. In addition to avoiding bumping into other blind people, this can be handy in other ways. The other day, I was supposed to meet a blind colleague on a London underground station platform. Her guide dog brought her up to where I was waiting as soon as she told it to find another blind person. Regards, Kiran -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sathiyaprakash Ramdoss Sent: 06 December 2009 18:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Assistance Dogs for the Physically Challenged It is really common to see in the U.S. that people with visual challenges having guide dogs with them. It is really interesting to see that these dogs are really polite in the public places i.e., public meeting, airbus, electric trains, cafeteria etc. and are not get distracted. I also recently happened to make air travel from Austin to Minneapolis and met a 62 year old woman with normal vision-fine motor-gross motor-fully functional having a guide dog. can anybody cogitate the purpose behind the guide dog that she is using? that 65 year old woman is a person with epilepsy and the guide dog is trained to inform her about the seizure that she might happen to encounter in the next 10 minutes so that she can take precautionary measures to avoid dangerous situation i.e., crossing roads. Prior to seizures, people with epilepsy produces some kind of smell from their body and these guide dogs can trace them and inform the person well ahead of time. When I spoke to her that she is having that guide dog for the last 10 years and it never failed. Dogs can also be trained to identify cancer spots, she added. Thanking you all. Your's Sathiyaprakash On 12/6/09, Subramani L <[email protected]> wrote: > I used to be a sceptic but now I realise dogs are wonderful companions > for us (far reliable than any human ones -smile). But I heard how some > institutions were taking VI persons for a ride, collecting money with > the promise of delivering a guide dog and not doing it. We must support > proliferation of institutions who provide genuinely wonderful service > animals across the country and probably there must be laws to make us > walk safely with them on the roads as well. > > Subramani > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of SC > Vashishth > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 11:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Assistance Dogs for the Physically Challenged > > Dear Prateek, > > In many parts of the world, Guide Dogs also called service animals and > assistance dogs have proved to be a great boon for independent mobility > of > the visually disabled people and those experiencing other disabilities. > For > India it is relatively new though. > > But we seem to be getting ready for it. During the discussions on the > CAR > (Civil Aviation Requirements) for carriage of persons with disabilities, > issue of allowing guide dogs in the cabin came up very strongly and you > will > be glad to know that it form a part of the New CAR on the issue and > guide > dogs are allowed with certain rules that the user need to follow to > prevent > inconvenience to other users. > > However, the relevant transport acts relating to road transport and rail > transport are not yet geared up for this new system of assistance. I > have > suggested amendments in many laws in light of UNCRPD in a recently held > national consultation by HRLN which is still on. This issue also needs > to be > included in PDA. > > regards > > -- > Warm regards, > > Subhash Chandra Vashishth > Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 > Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. 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