[Blind-rollers] is this discrimination?

[Jackie McBride]

Is it discrimination? Yeah, of course. Here's what you're up against,
though, Holly. These folks advertise that if they prequalify u &
medicare or your insurance company denies your claim, they gotta give
u the chair--free. I think they suspect medicare or your insurance is
gonna deny the claim & they don't wanna eat the cost. I think they're
also afraid that if they give u a chair & u end up hurting yourself,
you're gonna sue 'em. Same oal garbage can stuff we've lived w/for
years.

B4 escallating, try talking w/a supervisor. If that doesn't work, then
consider filing a complaint both w/your state attorney general & the
federal office of civil rights that serves your region, as they
obviously receive medicare funding & should therefore fall under their
jurisdiction.

On 7/1/09, Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net> wrote:
> Because if you tell people ahead of time the scooter store just may realize
> that giving her a touched screen control for her power chair is out of the
> question.  I have gone to museums, Rock and Role Hall of Fame and many many
> other places  calling head to get a guide that describes as much or as
> little as I want.  My controlling what I want described gives me
> independence.  I had a business meeting at a restaurant.  I called ahead as
> they were not accessible.  Then they started describing how to come in
> another way.  I said I was blind.  They said, no problem I will meet you.
> There was no problem no embarrassment.  My dignity was of a first class
> citizen all by calling ahead.
>
> Now think out of the NFB box to realize it is in many cases to our
> advantages to call ahead.
>
> Becky and my joy wheels
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> Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] is this discrimination?
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> why did you tell them you were blind?
>
> What information would they need or gain by knowing you were blind.
>
> I believe many blind people shoot themselves in the foot because they
> almost ware their blindness as a badge and they announce it in the
> most unappropriate situations.
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> On Jun 30, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Holly Alonzo wrote:
>
> Hi All.  I talked to a friend with a power chair.  She said she got her
> chair from the scooter store.  She suggested I call them because they
> did all of the work.
> I called them and things took forever and they never called me back.
> They have been wasting my time for a few weeks now.  Today my husband
> called them to find out why we still have not heard from them.  Ready?
>
> They said they could not give me or sell me a chair because I am blind.
> Blind people can't tell where they are going and they could r un into
> doors, walls or people.
>
> I explained that we sort of use a cane to ensure that we don't run into
> those things and several blind people user power chairs and there are
> even schools that train guide dogs with power chairs.
>
> They told me they weren't saying I couldn't get a chair, just not with
> them.  It was a moral decision and its their choice.  They didn't even
> find out which chair would be right for me, me talk to a mobility
> specialist, or anything.  They just heard blind and turned it down.
>
> Should I contact and ADA lawyer and pursue this?
>
> Holly
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