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20260717 1400 GDUI Orientation and Mobility for Everyone

Originally Aired on ACB Media

July 17, 2026

20260717 1400 GDUI Orientation and Mobility for Everyone

Originally Aired on ACB Media

The session examined cane travel and orientation and mobility programs offered by guide dog schools around the country. It welcomed participants regardless of whether they had or wanted a guide dog and emphasized that orientation and mobility training was for everyone.

Presenters: Alissa Odis, Outreach Specialist, GDMI, Leader Dogs, Rochester, MI; Ben Francis, Director of Guide Training and Apprenticeship, CNIB Guide Dogs, Carlton Place, Ontario, Canada; Marc Gillard, Director of Orientation and Mobility Services, Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, CA