[nagdu] Hawaii

[Albert J Rizzi]

As you were Julie, no way no how am I going to ask anyone or expect to be
asked to carry a card purporting what my disability is or is not. 

Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
Founder
My Blind Spot, Inc.
90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
New York, New York  10004
www.myblindspot.org
PH: 917-553-0347
Fax: 212-858-5759
"The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
doing it."


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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie J
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:06 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hawaii

Albert,

I think this is the text that sparked the discussion of cards that prove 
blindness.
*I've changed from what I was thinking origionally.  The thing that could
work, since those of us who either don't want to or don't have time to train
our own dog, go to a school and have to present proof of disability,  well,
if those who owner train had to present proof of disability and get a
harness made that indicates that the animal is a service animal along with
getting an I.D. card with proof of disability, that may work.  Then it would
be quite a bit harder for someone to take a pet into a business especially
if the law was changed to reflect the above.  Basically, it would require
that somewhere on the harness it indicated clearly that the dog is a service
dog and not a pet.
Jordan*

Certification of the dog was being discussed...somewhere...on another 
thread.   This discussion, at least my interpretation, is certification of 
the handler's disability.  I stated a few messages back that this approach 
would not help because blind people are just as capable as anyone else of 
taking their pet into public.  It is the training of the dog specific to the

handlers disability that makes it a service dog.

Julie



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert J Rizzi" <albert at myblindspot.org>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hawaii


>i agree with you totally on not wanting to nor feeling any government has
> the right to make me carry a card to prove my disability. But perhaps I
> missed one of the threads as I am deleting more then i am reading these
> days, but I thought we were talking about certification for a trained
> service dog, how did we move to certifying  our disability. Which, I might
> add I must certify and re certify with the commission for the blind, para
> transit, insurances and parking permits. What the hell does the word
> permanent mean to these entities anyway?
>
> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
> Founder
> My Blind Spot, Inc.
> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
> New York, New York  10004
> www.myblindspot.org
> PH: 917-553-0347
> Fax: 212-858-5759
> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
> doing it."
>
>
> Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Julie J
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 8:44 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hawaii
>
> I am losing patience.
>
> I never said that the stars the Jewish people wore are the same thing. 
> What
>
> I said is that it reminds me of it.
>
> Drivers licenses are different.  Driving is a privilege, not a right.  I
> don't need a license to walk down the street.
>
> If I go to a different country, then I agree to abide by their laws.  I'm 
> a
> guest there.  If they want paperwork then by choosing to go there I agree 
> to
>
> those terms.  If they require that I wear orange on Tuesdays then I agree 
> to
>
> do that if I choose to travel there.
>
> I am a citizen of the United States I demand to be treated the same as 
> every
>
> other citizen.  When everyone has to carry a card stating their medical
> history, I'll consider moving to another country.
>
> Julie
>
>
>
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