[nagdu] Fw: Breaking News About DOJ Changes

Craig Borne cjborne at comcast.net
Thu Jan 8 03:18:24 UTC 2009


Angie,

I believe you are remembering correctly; instead, I think the portions
posted by the reporter are not what received comments during the summer.  It
is significantly different than I (or you apparently) remembered.

As for further comments, it is doubtful.  Once the rules have been sent to
OMB, that is the last step in the rules approval process.  I am just
surprised that the proposed rule went from "domestic animals" to "dogs"
only.

Craig

Craig Borne
Baltimore, Maryland
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial
appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in
defense of custom."  --Thomas Paine, Common Sense

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Angie Matney
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:51 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Breaking News About DOJ Changes

Hi Sarah,

The DOJ accepted comments this past summer. I don't think they've finalized
anything, so perhaps they will have another comment period. Also, these regs
concerned only the ADA and not the Fair Housing Act, as far as I know. It
does seem 
they were a little too eager to exclude lots of animals. (But a cat is a
"common domestic animal," so if my memory of the proposed regs is correct,
they would be included. I freely admit it's possible that I'm
misremembering.)

Angie



On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:16:05 -0500, Sarah and Loretta wrote:

>Ann, please keep us posted on this, particularly if there comes a point
when 
>the DOJ accepts comments. I have two cats providing medical alert. They 
>currently work only at home, but this kind of regulation would affect 
>housing issues. I am also aware of other instances in which cats are 
>providing medical alert services for seizures, respiratory distress, and 
>diabetic issues. I understand the need to provide some restrictions; but I 
>think this is an area where blind people need to be sensitive to people
with 
>other disabilities and provide some reasonable cover.

>Sarah J. Blake
>http://www.growingstrong.org
>sjblake at growingstrong.org 


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