[nagdu] Questions about Federal regs regarding paratransit

Margo and Elmo margo.downey at verizon.net
Wed Jan 28 18:47:00 UTC 2009


charlene, that's great.  Keep it up.

margo and Elmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Questions about Federal regs regarding paratransit


> Charlene,
>
> Congratulations on your progress with them.  Keep up the good work!
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Charlene Ota
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:59 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Questions about Federal regs regarding paratransit
>
> I just wanted to thank everyone for their responses and follow up with the
> situation.  I took the document that Ed and Tony sent from Project Action
> but didn't have to use it yet but will keep it filed away s it's a great
> reference and still may be needed along the way.  It gave me the
> information, though, that I needed to go to present the situation.
>
> Today, I attended an Accessible Transportation Committee meeting and 
> brought
> the issue before the chair of the committee who, in turn, connected me 
> with
> the people I needed to speak with about this situation.  For now, the 
> person
> who manages the reservations and probably much more of our accessible
> transit program agreed that we should not be denied a ride and it should 
> not
> be an issue at the time of pick-up. He was planning to send out a notice 
> to
> the reservationists and drivers that they could not hassle us about our
> service dogs or deny us rides and that we should not have to indicate that
> we travel with a service dog each time we make the reservation.
>
> We'll see what happens with myself and others who have been having 
> problems
> with our handivan service and hopefully things will go better.  I 
> appreciate
> it, though, that many of you sent suggestions and information that was
> helpful for me to present the situation in a clear manner and gave me the
> assurance that I was on track.
>
> Aloha,
> Charlene
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Garry and Joy Relton
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:03 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Questions about Federal regs regarding paratransit
>
> Dan,
>
> I think it's sort of like raising children. The neighbors always know more
> about how it should be done than you. Especially if they don't have any of
> their own. (grin) Joy and Belle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Dan Weiner
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 1:20 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Questions about Federal regs regarding paratransit
>
>
> Why is it that everyone knows more about blindness than we do--sarcastic
> grin?
>
> Dan W.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of the Pawpower Pack
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 1:17 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Questions about Federal regs regarding paratransit
>
> Ron,
>
> It seems the airlines are confused about bulkhead seating.  I flew to
> Montana last month and on the way back from Montana to New Orleans the
> flight attendant was just all kinds of sure that I wanted to be in the
> bulkhead.  I hate the bulkhead because there is no foot room.  I would
> rather sit in a regular seat so that my dog can back under the seat in 
> front
> of me and lay out of the way and give me some room.  The flight attendant
> told me that "it was the law that blind people with dogs sit in bulkhead."
>
> Eventually things got straightened out but gur.
> I know many assistance dog handlers like bulkhead, especially handlers 
> with
> larger dogs or dogs who can't for whatever reason fit under the seat in
> front.  However there are some of us who would rather not sit there and I
> just hope that one day I can fly without a huge production about where I
> sit, grin.
>
> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
> Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD and Laveau SDIT CGC I don't have an attitude
> problem. You have a perception problem pawpower at cox.net
>
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>
>
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