[nabs-l] Guide Dogs and Bathrooms

[Aimee Harwood]

Ah gotcha Justin.  My school is small.  The other building is quite a ways away.  I'll see what I can come up with.  I usually do mention that it is the only one I can use when I find myself in that position and they apologize for making me wait.

Aimee

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> On Oct 18, 2016, at 2:47 PM, Justin Williams via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Oh, I understand, I'm just saying that they have the right to use that stall
> also; it's just that for you, it is realy inconvenient.  Maybe try talking
> to the ladies in that area and explaining to them why that is really a
> hendrence to you.  Or, asking the disability to allow you to have the staff
> bathroom as an accommodation if the accessible stall is full.  That really
> seems like a reasonable accommodation to me, because your disability and
> having the guide dog is the only reason you are having difficulties in this
> case.
> I know it is usually off limits, but I don't see how to regulate who uses
> the accessible bathroom stalls; I don't see a way for anyone to regulate
> which stall someone else is using.  Yeah, their reasoning sucks, so that's
> why I suggested trying to explain to people why that is really inconvenient
> for you, but I don't know how to get a wide spread message out like that.
> That's why I'm suggesting to find a way through the office of disabilities,
> or just through the head person in the building to use the staff bathroom if
> that other stall is full.  You can do that quietly without any of your
> contemporaries knowing. 
> Is there a building next door with easy access maybe That's also another
> option.
> Justin 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aimee Harwood
> via NABS-L
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 2:08 PM
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> Cc: Aimee Harwood <awildheir at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Guide Dogs and Bathrooms
> 
> Hi Justin,
> 
> It isn't that I don't want to wait my turn. The issue is they do not have a
> disability and are only using it because they don't want to use the stall
> next to someone else.  For others, it is their go-to stall just for the heck
> of it.
> 
> There are only 2 ladies rooms, one up-stairs and one down stairs.  There are
> only 3 stalls in each.  The faculty lounge is off limits for students and
> therefore is not an option.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Aimee
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Oct 18, 2016, at 1:33 PM, Justin Williams via NABS-L
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Technically speaking, you have to wait your turn like everyone else.  
>> I may bring it up with my professors if it becomes a real problem, but 
>> you don't want to be that blind person who doesn't want to wait her 
>> turn for the bathroom.
>> Are their other placeswhere you can go to the bathroom on campus, 
>> maybe get permission to use an employee bathroom in certain places on
> campus.
>> Ket's try to find a work around first if possible.  I'm giving you 
>> this suggestion without knowing the context, so if anyone else has 
>> suggestions, please chime in.
>> Justin
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aimee 
>> Harwood via NABS-L
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 1:20 PM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Aimee Harwood <awildheir at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Guide Dogs and Bathrooms
>> 
>> Hi there fellow NABSers.  Quick question.
>> 
>> If you use a guide dog and can only fit in the handicap stall, can you 
>> raise an issue if students are using that stall when others are available?
>> 
>> I have encountered this several times and have been late to class as a 
>> result.
>> 
>> Wanted to check before I said something to the school about it.
>> 
>> 
>> Aimee
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