[nagdu] Discrimination

[Gloria G]

Hi Rebecca,
I am just reading your message. I believe you questioned my getting a dog if 
I was concerned with receiving negative reactions from others. I feel you 
must know I did a lot of research before I decided to go through the process 
of getting a guide dog. It is not something I woke up morning and decided to 
do. I feel as guide users there are many things one should keep in mind and 
wonder about and public reactions are one of those things. I just wanted to 
talk to others so that I could better prepare myself. I thought this cite 
was to have others to talk to about things that might concern me since many 
of you have had your guides for some time. I guess I was wrong because my 
decision to become a guide user is being questioned based off a few concerns 
I had. I think it would be a bit irresponsible as a handler to not question 
things like public perception.
Gloria
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PICKRELL, REBECCA M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Discrimination


> Gloria,
> I'm curious, why are you worried about this now? Is there a deeper issue?
> I ask because it never crossed my mind to worry about this issue. Maybe 
> that was because I was young and niaeve.
> Access issues suck, so I'm curious to know why you'd choose to get a dog 
> if this weighs heavily on you.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Gloria G
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:25 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Discrimination
>
> Thanks Julie. Your thoughts were helpful.
> Gloria
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Discrimination
>
>
>> Gloria,
>>
>> For me, no, I extremely rarely have issues of discrimination because of 
>> my
>> guide dog.  Well, I rarely have descrimination issues of any variety.  I
>> honestly have no idea if this is because I am a scary person, the area I
>> live, my particular dog, the specific places I go or some other factor.
>> Others experience access issues more often than I do, but I wouldn't say
>> it's routine for any of us.
>>
>> There are lots and lots of people and resources available to assist you
>> with an access issue should one come up.  My best advice is don't worry
>> about and deal with it if one should come up.  That's all you can do.
>> *smile*
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/19/2011 1:32 PM, Gloria G wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I was wondering if many of you have experienced discrimination because
>>> you were guide dog users? I mean is it pretty common for buisnesses to
>>> refuse you service or make negative commants because of your guide, if 
>>> so
>>> please describe the situation and explain how you handled it if you 
>>> would
>>> like? Thanks!
>>> Gloria
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