[nagdu] hotels

[Lisa Irving]

Marion, you're the sound voice in the midst of heightened emotions.

Lisa and Bernie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] hotels


>    "better customer service" is never a "perk" when it is discriminatory. 
> Under Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act,
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> "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require an individual with a 
> disability to accept an accommodation, aid, service, opportunity, or 
> benefit which such individual chooses not to accept." (42 USC 12201(d))
>
> Therefore, requiring a person to accept an accommodation because the 
> entity perceives a "need" for such an accommodation when the person 
> doesn't want it is considered discriminatory under the ADA.
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> Fraternally yours,
>
> Marion Gwizdala
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Owens, Parker" <Parker.Owens at EKU.EDU>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] hotels
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>> Here's something you may not have thought of. What if there were a fire 
>> in the building or some other emergency? They may have directives with 
>> the fire and police departments to check specific rooms first. In your 
>> case, no problem. But imagine someone else that needs assistance that has 
>> refused the 'accessible' room. You may not like it, but there are real 
>> reasons the hotel may want to make the employees aware of your visit. 
>> Better customer service is a perk, even though it is unequal.
>>
>> Where I work (a university), we have a box of information for emergency 
>> workers at each dorm, that tells the names of students and the location 
>> of the rooms for anyone that might require assistance. It may be a 
>> terrible invasion of privacy, but we are required to do this by the 
>> university safety office.
>>
>> I hope I am not offending anyone by mentioning the other side of this.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Julie J
>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 4:18 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] hotels
>>
>> I just had to write a quick vent before I head out for that training I'm 
>> going to.
>>
>> I work for the county, but this training is being paid for through a 
>> grant from a regional prevention agency.  They are paying or reimbursing 
>> all expenses, which is how I am able to go.  Throughout the year I attend 
>> other events sponsored by this agency.  They all know me and of course 
>> Monty.
>>
>> Here's the rough spot.  They set up the hotel as a direct bill to their 
>> agency, which means that I didn't make my own reservation.  You know 
>> where this is going.  They told the hotel that I'm blind, have a guide 
>> dog, but that I'm very independent and they don't need to worry about me. 
>> AARGH! just AARGH!
>>
>> So I've been told that the hotel has no problem with the dog.  Yeah, I 
>> was real worried about that.  I have also been put on the first floor, 
>> which I don't care one way or another about.  But I am oh so relieved to 
>> know that the hotel is okay with me coming! *sarcastic smile*
>>
>> There's nothing to be done about it really.  I did try to explain to the 
>> lady who made the reservation for me that all of that extra info was 
>> unnecessary and that I'm pretty well  accustomed to speaking up for 
>> myself and my rights.
>>
>> I hope the next few days are not one long saga like this.
>>
>> Julie
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