[Blindtlk] Sheriff's Office/State Condone Discrimination against Disabled

[Ericka]

You make a lot of sense Peter, however not everyone has that opportunity. Marion and his wife do, but he is fighting for others. Not everyone has the opportunity to hire a driver anyhow as you suggest.  In rural places you can't always find a ride. People aren't as willing as they used to be.  Sometimes you can get a ride from a colleague to and from work. I have a friend who has the finances to pay someone but still struggles to get back-and-forth independently because she cannot find someone to take money and drive her. She lives in Menomonee Falls Wisconsin answers you are from Wisconsin Peter, you understand. Her father comes all the way up for Brookfield to drive her to school where she teaches. It's ridiculous but she has very little choice. 

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

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> On Feb 17, 2016, at 12:44 PM, Peter Donahue via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good afternoon everyone,
> 
>    Better still get yourself in  a financial position to not have to
> use services like this and hire your own transportation like we're doing
> here not due to guide dog discrimination but to have more transportation
> options. By all means keep the complaint going but elevate your
> transportation to another level to protect yourself from missing conferences
> like this again. This was brought home to us last month when our paratransit
> service failed to show up to take my wife Mary to work because the driver
> got lost. Thanks to the reserve income we created she didn't lose a day's
> work and did not miss a podiatrist appointment due to paratransit's failure
> to return for her once they realized the driver had gone to the wrong
> building. Fixing the money thing can do wonders to help reduce the
> discriminatory treatment we receive.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ray Foret
> Jr via blindtlk
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:15 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Ray Foret Jr
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Sheriff's Office/State Condone Discrimination
> against Disabled
> 
> Seems to me, with all due respect, you made one very big mistake which
> perhaps contributed to your lack of success in this matter.  You sought to
> argue your own case based on the merits.  You really ought to have procured
> the services of an attorney the instant you saw the situation spirling out
> of control as it did.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind
> built-in
> 
> Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray,
> 
> Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless
> iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!
> 
>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 9:39 AM, Marion Gwizdala via blindtlk
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Please circulate the following message as widely as appropriate.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sheriff's Office/State of Florida Condone Discrimination against 
>> Disabled
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>               On February 11, 2016, in a stunning blow to the rights 
>> of the disabled, the State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit in 
>> Tampa, Florida released a two sentence statement in response to a 
>> criminal complaint filed with their office as the result of a clear 
>> and unequivocal denial of the rights of a person with a disability 
>> accompanied by a service dog that condones discrimination against the 
>> disabled. This two sentence statement, released by Mark Cox, Chief of 
>> Investigations for the state Attorney, stated.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Please read the entire article by visiting
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.harnessup.wordpress.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Fraternally yours,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Marion Gwizdala, President
>> 
>> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc.
>> 
>> National Federation of the Blind
>> 
>> (813) 626-2789
>> 
>> (888) 624-3841 (Hotline)
>> 
>> President at nagdu.org
>> 
>> http://www.nagdu.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> High expectations create unlimited potential for the blind!
>> 
>> 
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