[nabs-l] Students with guide dogs

Joe jsoro620 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 1 00:26:45 UTC 2013 

Suzanne,

What places are requiring proof of vaccines for dogs? Showing your ID for a
credit card transaction is done so for security purposes, not for the
purposes of establishing legitimacy. Yes, there are people who will try to
abuse the system, but these are far and few between. Having owned a guide
dog for more than seven years, I would say people already face enough
hurdles without adding to the burden of showing more proof than what the law
requires. If you're going to follow that logic, we may as well bring along
proof that our canes are canes and not weapons since canes are more readily
available than fake ID cards for service animals.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne Germano
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 4:35 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Students with guide dogs

When people bring dogs to any event dogs are welcome they must show proof of
vaccines and registration. I don't feel just because a dog is a guide dog
they should be exempt from proving their shots are up to date. I guess for
me it would not be a big deal and yes I had a guide dog in the past.

I have a dog that cannot have a rabies shot due to a medical condition there
fore I can not bring him to any event dogs are allowed that requires proof
of registration this includes even things like many boarding places.

Some things are worth fighting for like equal access to course materials but
for me showing my dog is up to date on vaccines is not something I think is
an issue to fight.

Personally as a blind person I think people SHOULD have to prove their
service animal is certified not just the two ADA questions because anyone
can say their animal is a service animal and make up a need they have. You
can even buy harnesses online and id's saying your dog is a service dog with
zero proof of any training or any need for a service animal. This is going
to lead to future problems for those who really have proper service dogs. I
had no issue showing my ID card from Guide Dogs when asked. To me it is no
different than showing an id when I use my credit card.


On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:07 PM, justin williams <
justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> They can't, or at least, they are not supposed too.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Littlefield, Tyler
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 3:05 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Students with guide dogs
>
> Exactly what point? I understand alergies, but how do you justify the 
> DS office requesting it? If someone has alergies, there needs to be 
> something said to Minh directly. It wouldn't be to hard for her or 
> someone else to move across the room or something.
> On 8/31/2013 3:02 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:
> > 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
> > ________________________________________
> > From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of justin 
> > williams [justin.williams2 at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:59 PM
> > To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> > 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
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>> dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it 
> >>>> was
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> >>>> Lawrence
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> >> 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 
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