[nagdu] PUBLIC ACCESS ISUES

[Steve Johnson]

Actually, the ADA and service animals in the workplace is a whole different 
issue and needs to be requested as a reasonable accommodation.  As a former 
Disability Program Navigator, I faithfully used the Job Accommodation 
Network, www.jan.wvu.edu

More specifically, check these links out for the process and explanations:
Service Animals as Workplace Accommodations

http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/servanim.html

 Service Animal Related Job Accommodations
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/serviceanimalsfact.doc

Service Animals and Allergies in the Workplace
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/corner/vol02iss01.htm


Hope this clarifies things a bit for you Kathy,

Steve & Misha



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PUBLIC ACCESS ISUES


> Hey Kathy,
> You can go to that restaurant and tie you dog to the door and then proceed
> to walk quickly through the restaurant running into tables and creating
> quite the rukus with upturned tables and chairs!!!  I think the manager 
> will
> then get the hint!!!! Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!  This sounds like a Morris 
> Frank
> trick when he was young and rowdy!
>
> Really, do you have the book of access laws that the guide dog schools 
> give
> us or a copy of the ADA.  The manager CANNOT ask about your disability but
> they CAN ask you what your dog is trained to do, and if it is a service 
> dog.
> If they are still a problem, well your green money will spend very nicely 
> at
> another place-after you go to the press or bring a group of guide dog 
> users
> there!  We used this tactic very sucessfully in the days before the ADA.
> Having worked in the food business, I KNOW how much places of business 
> HATES
> negative publicity!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Linda and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "kgl4" <kgl4 at wi.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:51 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] PUBLIC ACCESS ISUES
>
>
>>    Hi List,
>>
>> My employment placement specialist would like me to gather information on
>> the use of my Guide
>> Dog in the work-place.  I know that public access is becoming an issue 
>> due
>> to the access of uncertified service animals.  so, with confidence during
>> a job interview, what can I report to the perspective employer.
>>
>> I ask this because I have been recently ask to prove that Morgan was
>> certified to gain access into a restaurant.  I've been working with a
>> Guide Dog since 1989, and I've only been confronted twice in all these
>> years.
>> Kathy and Morgan
>> kgl4 at wi.rr.com
>>
>>
>>
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