![]() She is married to Corbb, whom she met at the Louisiana Center for the Blind, where she attended a nine-month program after college to improve her orientation and mobility skills. Having been born with Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA), a rare genetic eye disorder that affects the retina, Briley has some vision but has always identified as blind. “Now I will be able to just run outside without waiting for a sighted guide! And I live in running-path Mecca in Minneapolis!” “I picked up running about eight months ago, and it turns out that Fuchsia has trained to run while guiding me safely. In that capacity she travels a lot and, therefore, asked for a smaller dog that can fit easily into Uber and Lyft cars and on airplanes.īriley participated in our abbreviated ACTION program for experienced handlers and our Running Guides program. in Minneapolis, MN, an adjustment-to-blindness training center for adults. Briley is a senior program instructor at Blind, Inc. No stranger to Guiding Eyes, Briley was recently partnered with Fuchsia, a black-and-tan female German Shepherd-her third guide with us. You remind me of my dog callie full#With Nell by her side, the world is now full of possibilities!Ĭongratulations to Janelle’s puppy raisers, Jeanne Dregalla and Linda Soltis! ![]() “It was like a death trap for me.”īarbara also hopes to do some traveling, to Charleston and Savannah and perhaps to Italy and France. The worst of it for her personally was a major construction site right across the street from her home. I used to do a lot of neighborhood rabble rousing, though I haven’t decided if I want to continue with that.” For years Barbara fought mightily to halt the ever-expanding “cookie-cutter development,” as she calls it, going on in the city. “I have friends who live in different parts of town, so I plan to be out and about more. “To get me out from underfoot, my mother suggested I volunteer for him!”ĭescribing Nell as “a very easygoing girl,” Barbara is looking forward to her help in widening her world which, she admits, had grown somewhat limited. Indeed, she’d first met him when she was 16. She followed that with an interesting career working for Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island, her home state. many years ago to attend American University, where she earned a degree in international relations and Soviet studies. It’s not frustrating-it’s just scary.”īarbara will return to her home in Washington, D.C., where she and Janelle (Barbara calls her Nell), a female yellow Lab, will join her daughter. “It’s much harder to go back to a cane than it is using one in the first place. “It was inexplicably difficult,” she says. Barbara’s wish was fulfilled with Lil, a female black Lab.Īfter Lil died, Barbara picked up her white cane again. It was her orientation and mobility instructor who gave her hope by recommending Guiding Eyes for the Blind. But she was told that she could see too well to qualify. She had wanted a guide dog for some time as her vision was limited to light and shadow, shapes, and some minimal color. In Barbara’s case that meant dislocated lenses. Maggie was Special Named by Melissa Schubert in honor of her mother, Ruth, and grandmother, Mazura.Ĭlass Instructors: Caryn Fellows, Nikki Wentz, Dan Weesnerīarbara was born with Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects connective tissues.S: The donors listed below made a special gift to personally name the following dog: P: A Pathfinder Society Member-someone who has remembered Guiding Eyes in their estate plans and has received this dog’s progress reports and photos from puppyhood. Watch this month’s graduation live by clicking here. We gratefully acknowledge the Fain Family’s support of our In grateful remembrance of Alvin and Wendy Nevins. The Woman’s Club of Danbury/New Fairfield The Woman’s Club of Danbury/New Fairfield is proud to be a sponsorįor the wonderful work that Guiding Eyes for the Blind accomplishes.” ![]() ![]() “Congratulations to the new guide dog teams on this graduation day. ![]()
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