[COAGDU] [NAGDU] NAGDU, and Guide Dogs, and flying, oh my! -- Follow-up regarding the form from the Department of Transportation

[Kevan Worley]

Thank you for your leader ship. Thank you for this note. A huge thanks to the leader ship team for allowing me to express my opinions and get some amazing, insightful, strong feedback from my colleagues. I really appreciate this process very much. I stand ready and able to assist in the effort as we define our work moving forward into 2021. Raul, thank you again for your leader ship huge thanks to our veterans and our experts like Michael and Al and so many others for providing me invaluable perspective so, as we say in the Federation, together with love hope and determination we need to go kick some airline but

At Your Service,
Kevan Worley

> On Dec 21, 2020, at 11:09 AM, Raul A. Gallegos (NFB) via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello everyone, thanks to those of you who submitted feedback regarding the accessibility and usability of the two PDF forms from the Department of Transportation.
> 
> I have collected everyone's comments and created a summary of the testing results and this will help us with communicating our feelings with the Department of Transportation regarding this form as it relates to flying with our guide dogs.
> 
> So this leads to what our feelings are. When I say, "our", I am referring to the general feelings of the National Association of Guide Dog Users Board of Directors along with comments from many of our membership.
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> In short, we are not okay with these forms. Not only do we feel that having to fill out these forms goes against the general philosophy of the National Federation of the Blind, but they also cause an extra burden for blind people that we don't agree with. Not all blind people have the necessary skill sets and equipment to independently fill out these forms, and not all blind people feel comfortable with the kind of information that is requested.
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> Right now I do not have further information as to how we are going to proceed, but I promise to communicate our progress as I am able. As always, you can always reach out to me by phone or email if you need to discuss this. You can also email the NAGDU board of directors in case someone other than me needs to respond. My address is either president at nagdu.org or rgallegos at nagdu.org. The board address is board at nagdu.org.
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> Thanks everyone.
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> Raul A. Gallegos
> President: National Association of Guide Dog Users
> First Vice President: National Federation of the Blind of Texas
> 832.554.7285  |  RGallegos at nagdu.org
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> "Blindness is a characteristic, not a handicap." -- Dr. Kenneth Jernigan
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