[nagdu] Guide dog star's owner quits job over pet. [China]

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Lisa.
There are countries that do not want to encourage people to form any
associations to press for legislative change, and that would include the
NFB.  I know Saudi Arabia doesn't allow associations of any kind, and it
wouldn't surprise me if China didn't, either.  Our country isn't perfect,
but there are a lot worse.
Tracy

> And to think blind individuals were not so long ago where this woman and
> the
> dozen guide dog users are in"progressive" China.
>
> Is the NFB active in China?
>
> Lisa and Bernie ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:09 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Guide dog star's owner quits job over pet. [China]
>
>
>> Guide dog star's owner quits job over pet.
>> Shanghai Daily
>> 2011-03-17.
>> A blind woman whose guide dog found Internet fame after it was
>> photographed
>> on the Metro has quit her job in a dispute over the animal. The
>> three-year-old guide dog, named Liang He - which means Shine and Harmony
>> in
>> English, became a web hit when a passenger photographed it lying quietly
>> at
>> the feet of its owner on a Metro train. Guide dogs are an unusual sight
>> in
>> China.
>> Owner Li Ping, aged 23, had recently been given the labrador but left
>> her
>> job as a blind masseuse in late January because her employer would not
>> allow
>> it to stay with her. She has remained unemployed ever since.
>> "I was asked to choose between the job and my dog, and I didn't
>> hesitate,"
>> said Li.
>> Managers at the massage parlor said the dog had to stay in the janitor's
>> room while Li worked, which she did not agree to. "He could not be left
>> with
>> strangers for a long time, which risks harming his trained abilities. I
>> also
>> feared losing him during my absence," she said.
>> Liang He was provided free by a Nanjing-based guide dog training center.
>> The
>> center is pioneering efforts to bring guide dogs to help the visually
>> impaired in China. There are more than 130,000 blind people in Shanghai,
>> but
>> only 13 professional guide dogs, all provided by the center.
>> Li's experience is not unique, as other blind people have complained of
>> problems getting their dogs accepted. They are frequently prevented from
>> using buses and taxis because of complaints from drivers and passengers.
>> Metro management told Shanghai Daily they allow guide dogs on trains
>> unless
>> other passengers complain.
>> China has no law to guarantee access to public transport for guide dogs
>> but
>> Shanghai's government has urged people to accept them.
>>
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>>
>>
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