[nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies

Sat May 18 16:58:44 UTC 2013

marion that is interesting because on the city buses we have come in 
contact with chair users and have been asked to move and it hasn't been 
a problem for us but hadn't thought about legal responsibility to do so. 
Please send me your contact info. Harold has some questions for you but 
his email is down due to a dead notetaker. Thanks in advance.
On 5/18/2013 6:24 AM, blind411 wrote:
> Mary,
> 	The advice I generally offer is to be compassionate, but to not make
> someone else's problem yours. In other words, it is up to the other person
> who has the problem to find a way to resolve it unless there are concurrent
> civil rights issues created. For instance, if a person who uses a wheelchair
> needs a seat in which we are sitting, it is our responsibility -both legally
> & ethically - to forfeit our seat. Allergies and fear of animals are not
> considered disabilities; therefore, if someone with such an issue is in our
> presence, they need to resolve it.
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary Wurtzel
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 4:03 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies
>
> 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
>>>> GSM: +372 58 440 521
>>>> 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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