[nabs-l] Students with guide dogs

Sat Aug 31 19:06:54 UTC 2013

I was assuming that the dog is groomed properly.  I see what you mean; I may
have given the owner to much credit, but I am assuming that the grooming is
good.  Most of the college dorms I have stayed in are health risks
themselves.  It is also illegal to not allow the student to carry a service
animal in public places.  Your point is well received Joshua.  Most fo the
well taken of guide dogs that I have seen did not smell, and did not shed
over much due to proper grooming.  

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Lester
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 3:03 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Students with guide dogs

Justin, it's a health risk, more than you know!
This is coming from someone with severe allergies to Cats, Dogs, and horses!
What if someone has said allergies, and has a reaction, when a dog sheds!
Hopefully, the guide dog is groomed propperly, so that's a nonissue, but you
get the point!
Blessings, Joshua
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Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Students with guide dogs

It's not a health concern; that's ridiculous.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 12:55 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Students with guide dogs

Hi,

While I don't have a guide dog, I go to a private university and have seen a
few other service animals on campus, guide dogs and otherwise.
While I am not privvy to everything that goes on with other people and the
DS office, (I'd be scared if I was), I have not heard of any problems and
talked to a guide dog user regularly.  The only hitch I remember regarding
the dog came up with housing and had nothing to do with the DS office.

Logically, I don't see why dining services would even need this information
so long as you're just eating there.  If you were working as Julie said
things might be different, but if you're just going to get lunch/dinner and
the dog is laying down, not sniffing other people's food or otherwise
getting into it, I don't even see how this would be a true health concern.
To me it really just doesn't make a lot of sense.

On 8/30/13, Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Minh,
>
> I just graduated from a private university, where I lived on campus 
> all four years.  I never had to provide disability services with any 
> information.  I was in the dining hall and other food service areas 
> frequently, and no one ever had a problem.  If you were to work in one 
> of these places, perhaps there would be reason for these questions, 
> but if you only plan to eat, you don't have to worry.
>
> I even stayed in the dorm for a year and never was asked for any 
> information on my dog.  So you can certainly tell this person that not 
> "all" universities require this information.  This isn't even a reason 
> for the information anyway.  You should also point out that under the 
> ADA, this is not a question that can be asked of you.
>
> I was told recently that some bad information was provided to many 
> universities about the questions they can ask of students with service 
> dogs.  Perhaps this is a result of that.
>
> On 8/30/13, Hope Paulos <hope.paulos at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I never had to provide this information when I went to the university 
>> with my guide  dog. I however didn't live on campus, so I don't know 
>> what the rules are. I never was asked anything when I took her into 
>> the student union  to get meals though.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:07 PM, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I hope all of your semesters are off to a great start. I just moved 
>>> into my dorm yesterday and am settling down with my guide dog. I 
>>> have a question regarding disability services and the questions they 
>>> can ask about a service animal. I received a message from my DS 
>>> office today inquiring whether my guide is all up to dates on her 
>>> vaccines and if she is licensed. I wrote back asking about the 
>>> relevancy of this question because under the ADA, the only two 
>>> questions public places are allowed to ask are "is the animal a 
>>> service animal" and "what services do they perfor." The dean replied 
>>> that every university requires this information of their students 
>>> with service animals in case dining services need this information.
>>> From your knowledge, is this true? I'm just trying to figure out 
>>> what my rights are as a college student with a service animal. I do 
>>> understand there are safetyconcerns involved, however, I feel as 
>>> though my guide has nothing to do with the services that DS is 
>>> providing me. Also, I attend a private institution so maybe the
requirements are different.
>>> Any information you can give is greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Minh
>>>
>>> --
>>> "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the 
>>> dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was
vanity:
>>> but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on 
>>> their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence
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>
> --
> Julie McG
> National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National 
> Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary, Missouri 
> Association of Guide dog Users President, and Guiding Eyes for the 
> Blind graduate 2008 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only 
> Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have 
> eternal life."
> John 3:16
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