[il-talk] The Battle, but not the War

[denise avant]

Hello Wayne,
As I said on Friday, welcome to our listserv, and to the NFBI. Thank you for
following this issue. Please keep myself, Bill Reif, and David Meyer updated
on Rep. Manley's efforts. Bill is head of the Guide Dog committee, and
co-chairs the State legislation committee with David Meyer. Bill and Dave
can definitely help develop strategy going forward. Rep. Manley will try
again next year no doubt, and we will have to redouble our efforts to keep
harmful legislation like this from pasing.
 


Denise R. Avant, President
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
Live the life you want.
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Go to www.nfbofillinois.org.

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Subject: [il-talk] The Battle, but not the War

Hello,

I am happy to report, that it appears that the current battle against
HB3162 has been won, but the war is not over. Ms. Manley is bound and
determined to propose and get passed into law, a bill to kerb "Fake Service
Dogs".

Allow me to clarify a few things.

There is no "Fake Service Dog" problem, there is only a problem of non
disabled humans fraudulently misrepresenting their untrained, and
undersocialized pets as Service Dogs.

Two criteria need to exist for a dog, on in some rare cases, Miniature
Horses, to be Service Animals.

1 The Owner is disabled

2.  The dog, or miniature horse is individually trained in work, or
task(s) that directly mitigate their owner's disability. Therefore, a
non-disabled person, so fraudulently misrepresenting their pet as a Service
Animal is, fraudulently, claiming to be disabled and claiming rights and
protections not due them.

To forestall ms. manley, a group has been formed to draft a bill that will,
hopefully, protect Service Animal Owners, ALL of them, whether the Service
Animal Owner chooses to go through a programme, or to Owner Train their
Service Dog. As well as kerb pets being fraudulently misrepresented by their
non-disabled owners as legitimate service Animals. This group, a coalition
of Service Dog Owners (some of which are Owner Trainers), professional
trainers, and the owner of a small Service Dog training programme here in
Illinois. I am in that group representing myself as a Service Animal Owner,
and Owner Trainer.

As our model, we are using the stature from Florida. We are diligently
reviewing the statue, and slightly tweaking it, to suit local Illinois
conditions. The aim is that using the Florida statue will bring Illinois
Service Animal Law more in line with the ADA, and offer a way to kerb those
non-disabled humans from fraudulently misrepresenting their pets as service
Animals....

If President Avant wishes, I will provide periodic reports to the group.


Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,


Wayne M. Scace


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