[nagdu] Discrimination?

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Seems like the older I get, the more backwards society gets.

Back in 1971, my college roommate got a guide dog.  She let the school know 
and when she came back after the summer - when she got the dog - and they 
gave her a single room.  But partway through the year she and I decided to 
get a room together again.  There was NEVER any problem whatsoever from the 
school about anything with her guide dog!  Nowadays, I hear all kinds of 
crap college students go through with their dogs on campus - housing mainly.

What's the matter with UC Davis???  they have to follow ADA and that is 
that - end of discussion!  You could either get a single room or live with a 
roommate who likes dogs.  In our dorm, everyone liked having the dog 
around - was like being at home.

Back when I was in college with my roommate with her dog, it was all fine 
and no more problem than a few AHs who thought leting the heavy door close 
in the dog's face was amusing - people I recall ripping them a new one over 
that issue.  My roommate and I would go to meals in the cafeteria and she'd 
leave the dog in our room.  It was easier to leave the dog as the cafeteria 
was very crowded and food on the floor, etc.  I used to sighted guide her 
sinse my vision was good back then.  My roomate would relieve the dog in the 
alley around the corner from our dorm main door.

I just fail to see what the fuss is about on the part of some of these 
colleges?  On another list, there's a college student who is having a real 
stupid go round with the college over where the guy is to relieve the dog. 
Good grief!

Yeah, that disabled student services should be able to straighten out the 
idiots.  When I was in college, there was no such thing as disabled student 
services - we just did things on our own.

Lyn and Landon
----- 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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