[nagdu] Woman with guide dog says civil rights were violated

[Ann Chiappetta]

Hi Marsha and All;
I get the "but you don't look Blind" thing all the time. too. LOL. I used to 
get offended and defensive but not anymore. If time and situation allows, I 
educate and most times folks thank me. But I did have one woman repeatedly 
say to me that i was trying to fool her. Whatever.
Best, Annie & GEB Verona
----- 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>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Woman with guide dog says civil rights were violated


> Very well put on the dog thing and not the school thing. I use Seeing Eye
> dog but if someone said "hey there is a guide dog" I would say yes she is.
>
> On a funnier note, I have had people assume I am just walking the dog, or
> that I am training it, on the fact that I do not look blind. In the 
> summer,
> I wear my sun glasses and people have asked me the funniest things. .
>
> So if anyone wants to tell me what a blind person looks like? It would be
> great, because I don't look blind I guess. LOL
> Marsha
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Jenine Stanley
> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 9:28 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Woman with guide dog says civil rights were violated
>
> Oh Marsha, I completely agree with you. I thing some folks though get 
> caught
> up in, or simply get tired of, hearing the wrong term and decide to make 
> an
> issue of that rather than the over all issue of civil rights. Sometimes 
> you
> have to pick your battles. <grin>
>
> Here in Columbus, it used to be that every guide dog was called a Pilot 
> Dog.
> That's not so true anymore, but it used to just frost some folks who had
> dogs from other schools. I'd just say to people who asked if my dog was a
> Pilot Dog when it wasn't, "Well, yes, just from another school so let's 
> call
> it a guide dog." That usually worked.
>
> I'd certainly love to hear more about how the manager had doubts about 
> this
> woman's disability. Should be interesting to see the results of any court
> case if this comes to it.
>
>
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