[nagdu] Discrimination?

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

That is not acceptable. I live in a regular dorm. No, I do not have a 
roommate, but that works fine for other reasons, and, if I wanted one 
instead of being in a single room, they would have done that.
Stepping away from guide dog related things, though, I wonder if this is a 
sign of what is to come. If I were you, I would make sure that other parts 
of the college are not giving to give you grief about this kind of stuff.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 6:07 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Discrimination?


> Hi all,
> I am going to attend UC Davis in the fall. I called the housing department
> today to ask a few questions about the accessibility, and I thought it was
> important to bring up the fact that I have a guide dog. For some reason 
> this
> caused a disturbance, and I was told that the manager of housing would get
> back to me in about an hour since she was at lunch; she however did not 
> get
> back to me until almost five and I had called at 12. When the manager 
> called
> me back, she told me that I would not be able to live in the residential
> halls, and when I asked why this is the case, she replied with, "just
> because we are not allowed to have dogs", and referred me to the 
> disability
> center. I told her that guide dogs are allowed in all public areas and 
> since
> student dorms are public, then I would be allowed to live in any dorm of 
> my
> choosing. She again told me to contact the disability center, and also
> shared with me that there are other housing options such as apartments on
> campus. By then it was practically 5 and of course the dsc was closed so 
> I'm
> going to have to call them on Monday.
> Thoughts, advice, suggestions?
> Hannah
>
>
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