[nagdu] Disconcerting message from disability services office

[minh ha]

Thanks everyone for your input and thanks Ginger for the link and
transcript, they were really helpful when I was drafting my reply. I
really don't want to rock the boat but in this situation, I just feel
like they are way out of line. If there was an incident of my dog
threatening someone, I would understand, but I've only been on campus
for a few days and nothing has happened. Housing never even asked me
to provide documentation for Viva; they just asked whether she would
be vaccinated and stuff. My roommates love Viva and there are no
issues there. DS is asking for this information "in case" the
university needs assurance.

Minh

On 8/31/13, Bridget Walker <bridgetawalker13 at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Minh,
>
> You are absolutely correct. I did the same thing. As long as housing has a
> copy of the vaccinations you should be fine. Be careful with DS they don't
> always know what they are talking about and it's easy for anything to get
> messy.
> I always say you are the expert when it comes to your dog so if they are
> hesitating or going with whatever they throw together then you need to lead.
>
>
> Bridget
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:22 PM, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm all settled into my dorm and Viva is doing fabulously with the
>> change and all the people moving on to campus. However, I just
>> received a very disconcerting message from my DS office inquiring
>> about whether Viva is all up to date on her vaccines and if she is
>> licensed. The message came from a new graduate assistant that they
>> just hired, so I'm hoping that she wasn't really informed of the laws
>> pertaining to service animals. I wrote back very politely and told
>> them that it was none of their business because it wasn't relevant at
>> all to the services they are providing me. However, I did provide this
>> information to housing when I told them that my guide dog would be
>> living with me in the dorm. A friend told me that technically, I don't
>> even have to do this for housing. Is it true? I just figured since I'm
>> going to have a roommate, they need this information for safety
>> reasons.
>>
>> Minh
>>
>> --
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>> recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
>> but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on
>> their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence
>>
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"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty
recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on
their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence