[nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind's guide dogpolicydoes notdiscriminate

[Marion & Martin]

Well, this woman did sue....and lost!

Marion

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hope Paulos" <hope.paulos at maine.edu>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind's guide dogpolicydoes 
notdiscriminate


>I agree Marsha.  This is shameful.  If I were the woman, as soon as I 
>discovered they didn't allow  my dog to be with me, I'd withdraw from the 
>program and sue immediately thereafter.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Marsha" <queen.marsha.lindsey at gmail.com
>>To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:40:54 -0500
>>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept.  for Blind's guide
> dogpolicydoes not discriminate
>
>>I do not understand myself.  How is this center any different
> than one of our
>>training centers? Even people who attend our centers can use
> their dogs.  I
>>understand the need to learn to use the cane, but if that person
> chooses to
>>use a dog then so be it.
>
>>Why do we always have to put the cane users against the guide dog
> users?
>>Marsha
>
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