[nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies

Sat May 18 02:07:40 UTC 2013

Heck, we are lucky to get a cab up here in the burbs of Kansas City, so I'm
not calling for another taxi if one does show up.
	I almost had a problem with the driver who picked me up at Amtrak.
He said something to the effect of the dog not touching him, so I'm not
sure, since the turnover seems to be rather large, the education of Muslim
taxi drivers is working all that well.
	To me, if you drive a taxi, you should know you will have drunks,
people who don't bathe; guide and service animals with their handlers and
all manner of other clientele, and the people I know, in the vast majority,
keep their dogs very clean and under control.
Darla

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of rhonda cruz
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 6:02 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies

 hi marry, i did have a cab driver.
 told me once.
 that he couldn't have my dog in his cab.
 but i stayed calm.
 and ordered a another cab. to drive me to my appointmentt.

On May 17, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Mary Wurtzel wrote:

> I had my first  experience with someone who was allergic to dogs on a 
> bus today.
> The lady insisted on standing up at the front of the bus.  I didn't 
> know anything else I could do except to let her be.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
> Carcione
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 8:10 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies
> 
> Indeed it is, but I rather like New Journey!
> Tracy
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies
> 
> 
>> Isn't it the New Jersey Guide Dog Users?
>> 
>> CL
>> 
>> On May 16, 2013, at 7:18 AM, rhonda cruz <rhondaprincess at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> 
>>> hi krystal,  that is the new journey guide dog users,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 15, 2013, at 7:14 AM, Christel Sogenbits wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hey!
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe it is  a very stupid question but what is NJAGDU?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Tervitades / With greetings
>>>> Christel Sogenbits
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>>>> E-mail: christel.chrissu at gmail.com
>>>> Skype: christel.chrissu
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
>>>> Carcione
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:51 PM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Trish Ebel posted this info to the NJAGDU list, and Marion asked 
>>>> that it
> 
>>>> be
>>>> forwarded here as well.
>>>> 
>>>> From: Njagdu [mailto:njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Trish 
>>>> Ebel
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:41 PM
>>>> To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> Subject: [Njagdu] Interesting information that may be helpful to 
>>>> someone.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  While working with one of the Bergen county school districts we 
>>>> came across this problem, so I just wanted to share some helpful
information.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> In a situation where one student is allergic to dogs and another 
>>>> uses a service dog, the student using the service animal should be 
>>>> accommodated.
>>>> However, there needs to be some thought given to the student with 
>>>> allergies.
>>>> 
>>>> When they are in a class together, they should be spacially separated. 
>>>> Here
>>>> is just such an idea from the Department of Justice's document, 
>>>> Revised ADA Requirements; Service Animals. This is in regard to the 
>>>> new regulations published in 2010.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> a.. Allergies and fear of dogs are not valid reasons for denying 
>>>> access or
>>>> 
>>>> refusing service to people using service animals. When a person who 
>>>> is allergic to dog dander and a person who uses a service animal 
>>>> must spend time in the same room or facility, for example, in a 
>>>> school classroom or
> 
>>>> at
>>>> a homeless shelter, they both should be accommodated by assigning 
>>>> them, if possible, to different locations within the room or 
>>>> different rooms in the facility.
>>>> http://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The Job Accommodation Network has suggestions for this kind of 
>>>> scenario in the workplace. Some of those ideas would not and cannot 
>>>> work in a school setting, but some of them might help to improve 
>>>> the situation. For example, perhaps a portable air purifier could 
>>>> be used in the class room and/or a HEPA filter could be used for 
>>>> the ventilation system for that room.
>>>> Also,
>>>> perhaps the student with the service animal could agree to use a 
>>>> dander control product from the veterinarian or local pet store. 
>>>> The school could also make for certain that the class room is 
>>>> cleaned regularly; dusted, vacuumed, floors washed, etc. Here is 
>>>> the link to the JAN document.
>>>> 
>>>> http://askjan.org/corner/vol02iss01.htm
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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