[nagdu] Enforcement
Garry and Joy Relton
relton30857 at cox.net
Thu Jan 22 20:11:04 UTC 2009
Hi Marion,
Do we have any sort of data base started recording various instances of
discrimination with dog guides and the resolution? If not, that might be a
good thing to start. I would be willing to help with it.
Joy and Belle
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Marion & Martin
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:41 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Enforcement
Ron,
Please write to me off-list at
president at nfb-nagdu.org
In what state did this occur? There may be other options.
Fraternally,
Marion Gwizdala, President
National Association of Guide Dog Users
National Federation of the blind
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Davidson" <fuzzy_1 at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:42 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Enforcement
>I found out recently that the ADA laws are not the easiest to get
>enforced.
>I was denied access to a local restraint with my guide dog and as I was
>taught in school did not force my way in. I explained the law to the
>management and they still refused. They changed their mind after I asked
>them to call the police to have me removed and they refused to do this so I
>called the police and filed a complaint or report. When I got home I filled
>out a complaint form with the DOJ and also with the state attorney generals
>office because I received a email from DOJ saying to do so. The state
>attorneys generals office emailed me and told me they couldn't enforce the
>federal law and to contact my local City ADA compliance office they sent me
>to the district attorneys office and they sent me to the Human Rights
>Commission. Then I received a letter from a law office that worked as
>mediators and we set up and met with the restraint owners and worked out a
>settlement. The restraint then broke the
> contract of settlement with me and I recontacted the mediators office and
> they said there was nothing more they could do. I contacted the DOJ and
> they said the only thing I could do was privately sue the restraint and
> the state has limitations on the amount I could receive and may not be
> enough to cover my legal fees. Is this normally how this works a big run
> around just to be dumped on. I think if we give local agencies the power
> to enforce the ada laws that would help maybe I am wrong. By the way the
> terms of the contract was that I and someone from the local low vision
> center would train all their employees on how to deal with as far as sight
> guiding and waiting on us and other things helpful for them to know just
> some educating of the public and the management thought that was a great
> idea. But he never had a intensions of sticking to the terms of the
> contract.
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