[nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies

Sat May 18 23:42:14 UTC 2013

thank you Marion. I didn't even think about the website.
On 5/18/2013 2:10 PM, blind411 wrote:
> Sheila,
> 	Here is my contact information. You can always get it from the
> website, as well!
>
> Fraternally yours,
>
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc.
> National Federation of the Blind
> (813) 626-2789 (Office)
> 888-NAGDU411 (Hotline
> President at nagdu.org
> www.nagdu.org
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:59 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies
>
> 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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