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Subject: Guide dog helps keep outlook positive

Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Thursday, March 22, 2007

Guide dog helps keep outlook positive

By JO MCKENZIE-MCLEAN

Caption: FAITHFUL FRIEND: Logan McMullan, pictured with guide dog Yusef, 
lost his sight in an accident after driving home drunk from a party. He is 
turning his experience into something positive. KIRK HARGREAVES/The Press

Logan McMullen has not always been blind. McMullen, 36, knows what a sunset 
looks like and he has worked as a chef.

The father of two lost his sight when he was 24 after driving home drunk 
from a party. His car crashed into a retaining wall and, despite wearing a 
seatbelt, his face smashed through the windscreen leaving him completely 
blind.

He has since missed seeing a lot of things, especially the faces of his two 
children who were born after his accident.

However McMullen is not miserable. He is turning his experience into 
something positive.

"To be completely blind when I woke up in hospital and told I was never 
going to see again - to say it changed me is the biggest understatement. I 
could not read, I could not write, I could not get up and go anywhere by 
myself," he said.

A guiding light for McMullen was a word of advice from a friend visiting him

in hospital who said: "You have one of two choices: choose to be a victim or

get off your arse and survive."

McMullen threw himself into learning skills from the Foundation for the 
Blind - how to use a cane, use a computer, how to orientate himself, and 
work with a guide dog.

However, just because McMullen cannot see does not mean he cannot do.

He has run his own computer business and he now works for the Foundation for

the Blind.

He also uses his experiences to help the community, going to schools to 
share his story in the hope of stopping someone make the same mistake of 
drink driving.

His dog, Yusef, helps him achieve a lot of tasks.

"My dog has given me independence ..." McMullen said.

Guide dogs respond to 120 commands, such as avoiding puddles, stopping for 
obstacles such as tree branches and finding bus stops, kerbs and traffic 
lights.

Yusef can even find a seat on the bus.

The Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind's Red Puppy appeal runs from 
March 30 to April 1.

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