[nagdu] legislation, education & sugar ray

[Linda Gwizdak]

Hi Bunny,
Oh yes, the people who just won't be educated! (sigh!!).  You can pass all 
the laws in the world and it won't help theose who refuse to learn.

It's such a shame that we live in a world where so many people accept 
rudeness and mean-spiritedness as a way of life. We shouldn't even have to 
HAVE a law like ADA!  People should just automaticly acept ALL people as 
they are and treat ALL people kindly.  But, I know, that we don't live in 
that kind of world so we have to have these laws, enforce these laws, and 
have to put up with idiot behavior.

Many of these people who give us a hard time are workers - waitresses, bus 
drivers, etc - who are oppressed with long hours, work speedups, and low pay 
one can't have a decent standard of living on.  It's like a family where the 
father abuses the mother and she in turn abuses the kids. She can't fight 
back against the husband so she beats up on who is percieved as weaker than 
her - the kids!  And the kids kick the dog!  We as disabled people are like 
those weak kids.  Politically, we are weak when you compare us to things 
like EXXON when it comes to impressing the politicians and lining their 
pockets with campaign funds!  There's gotta be a way for us to all come 
together to fight the real problem - the elitists who own most of the 
world's resources and money!

That picture of Sugar Ray was really nice - great looking Boxer!

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bunny Davidson" <bunnydavidson at live.com>
To: "National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:42 AM
Subject: [nagdu] legislation, education & sugar ray


>
> I agree with Marion that the law to carry a card would violate the rights 
> of the many owner/trainers of  guide dogs and service dogs -  I too am 
> included in that group, and i would have no way to get an ID card.  should 
> i be denied equal rights under the ada because i didnt get a dog from a 
> school?
>
> I for one, have had a lifetime of experience training and showing dogs as 
> well as working professionally in the pet care industry...all prior to
> becoming disabled..I chose to pull my last 2 dogs off death row at a pound 
> and rescue them, get them healthy and train them for service dog use.
> BTW-thanks for the congrats note judi about sugar ray being S D of the 
> month.  Yes he is a completely different looking dog, way strong, healthy 
> and no
> more cowering or object shyness (he used to panic at a door opening, a 
> broom being picked up etc).  He hasn't had any reoccurred of colitis or 
> any other health issues..
> -and sunday at church when we were singing the closing song, he got a 
> compliment from the people behind us for his tail doubling as a metronome, 
> he wagged to the beat! lol...
>
> I wonder what a person using a siezure alert dog says when they are asked 
> what trained specialized tasks the dog preforms for them?
> would the store owner or bus operator be able to properly decide the dog 
> barking and getting hyped b4 a siezure comes on is truly a specifically 
> trained task that assists the disabled person and would qualify as a true 
> service dog under the law..?
>
> I think no matter how well defined the laws are, there will always be 
> questions from the non service/non guide dog using public/workers/ police/ 
> waitresses/ bus drivers...
> I am a firm believer that not many people take the time to really read any 
> laws...and many will read into them whatever suits them..you can not 
> legislate ethics (those who pass of pets as guide or service dogs) , and 
> you cant legislate  kindness or common sense or empathy (those like in my 
> waitress experiences).
>
> I think anna hit it on the head...make it too expensive (fines) for 
> buisnesses to NOT EDUCATE THEMSELVES on the ada and how to properly 
> communicate/inquire of folks with service or guide dogs that enter their 
> businesses...
>
> Hey a couple times over the years ive been in stores and had rude and 
> nosey customers come up to me and tell me my dog wasnt allowed in store! 
> while staring at its SD vest & SD emblem sewn on it..or had folks yell 
> from one end of the isle ' arent you cute. come here boy! ..then they 
> wistle or clap...CLUELESS! LOL...
>
> I thank god every day for my dog...he has given me my life back..not the 
> life i had before, but at least i dont hate my life anymore cause i live a 
> different way...
> Even so sometimes i do get very depressed and discouraged at the new 
> challenges i face as a "differently abled" person..
> I dont know what i would do if suddenly he wasnt "allowed" in public..
>
> Bunny
>
>
>
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