[nagdu] Fw: Here is the resolution pasted

[Darla Rogers]

	Would it not have been appropriate to point out, that these I.D.'s
and certifications go against the ADA which supersedes Michigan law?
	Just asking; other than that, I think it is a fine resolution.
Darla & hardworking Huck


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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Larry D. Keeler
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Subject: [nagdu] Fw: Here is the resulution pasted


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Christine Boone 
To: Christine Boone ; f.wurtzel at att.net Wurtzel ; terrydeagle at yahoo.com
Eagle ; Mark Eagle ; Larry D. Keeler 
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 1:38 PM
Subject: Here is the resulution pasted


RESOLUTION 2013--2


This resolution proposes amendment to Michigan Compiled Lawes Chapter
750.502c Person with disabilities or trainer led by guide, leader, hearing,
or service dog; 


Whereas, Section 502 of Michigan Compiled Laws Chapter 750 requires that all
persons who use guide dogs must carry a pictured identification card
certifying that the dog was trained by a qualified organization or trainer;
and 


Whereas, this Section also requires that the Department of Labor must
maintain a list of organizations or trainers that train guide or leader
dogs; and


Whereas, both of these requirements place an undue burden upon a blind guide
dog handler, because he or she has no control over whether the guide dog
training facility they attended issues these identification certificates or
whether that school maintains its record with the Michigan Department of
Labor; and 


Whereas, this statute also uses the term "Leader Dog", which is a term of
art used by only one specific dog guide school and is therefore not
necessary or appropriate but only confuses members of the public; and 


Whereas, the statute improperly infers that a blind person may be "lead" by
a dog guide, rather than being the dog's handler, thereby furthering
misconceptions and negative attitudes toward people who are blind; 


NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the National Federation of the Blind of
Michigan in convention assembled this 20th day of October, 2013 in the City
of Grand Rapids Michigan; That this organization call upon the Michigan
Legislature to enact amendments to 750.502, and that these amendments remove
both the unnecessary and burdensome requirement that dog guide handlers
carry pictured certification of the dog's training, and any language
creating negative inferences about blind or disabled persons who happen to
use service dogs; and 


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Committee of the NFBMI draft
such amendments and seek sponsors in the State House and Senate.   
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