[nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied accessatgoodwill industries

[Margo and Arrow]

Hopefuolly, there's someone from Tennessee on this list.  but, I read 
somewhere this is happening all over the country and not just Tennessee.

Margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied 
accessatgoodwill industries


> Well, the state of Tennessee deserves some of the blame here. Tennessee 
> law
> says that businesses can refuse access to guide dogs if the "blind or deaf
> or hard of hearing person or physically disabled person" "doesn't first
> "present for inspection credentials issued by an accredited school for
> training dog guides."
>
> Sadly for those Tennessee businesses who think they are within their 
> rights
> to ask for documentation, it is still a violation under the ADA to demand
> that the owner of a service animal show an ID card or other proof of
> disability in order to gain access to a place of business.  Therefore, 
> those
> businesses insisting on identification are subject to a civil rights 
> lawsuit
> from the U.S. Department of Justice, an individual, or from disability
> rights organizations.
>
>
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