[nagdu] Hernando woman offended after restaurant service dogdispute

[Tracy Carcione]

If the dog is under the table, isn't it still "in her vicinity"?  Or does it 
have to be looking at her face or something?
Seems like the restaurant made a reasonable request to me.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "Ginger Kutsch" <Ginger at ky2d.com>; "NAGDU Mailing List,the National 
Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Hernando woman offended after restaurant service 
dogdispute


> Oops.
>
> They can ask if it’s a service dog and what tasks has it been trained to 
> perform, but not the manner of the training nor the nature of the 
> disability.
>
> Still…On the table? Or not on the table?
>
> I was already kind of offended at the headline, but it might actually be 
> accurate….
>
>> On Aug 14, 2014, at 7:58 PM, Ginger Kutsch via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hernando woman offended after restaurant service dog dispute
>>
>> WFLA News Channel 8
>>
>> Posted: Aug 12, 2014
>>
>> By Candace McCowan -
>>
>> Melanie Lisky said everything was going fine while out to dinner with two
>> friends in July at the Chili's in Spring Hill at Commercial Way and U.S. 
>> 19.
>>
>>
>>
>> "She comes over and she says to me, 'I just have to let you know that the
>> dog has to be outside or under the table because you are causing a 
>> commotion
>> in the restaurant," said Lisky about what a manager at the Chili's told 
>> her.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I said I can't put her under the table she has to be within a vicinity 
>> of
>> me. I said well I'll just leave. I didn't want to fight. I just put my 
>> hand
>> up and said that's okay, I'll just leave," said Lisky
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisky and Chili's tell 8 On Your Side that an upset customer in the
>> restaurant claimed Lisky's service dog was on the table.
>>
>>
>>
>> However Chili's said they never asked Lisky to leave.
>>
>>
>>
>> The manager of the restaurant did send Lisky an apology letter along with
>> gift certificates but Lisky, who says her dog was not on the table, told 
>> 8
>> On Your Side the damage was already done.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I go to Chili's, this big organization that should be up on the ADA and
>> they're the people who come over there and make me feel like I'm 'this 
>> big.'
>> It just hurt," said Lisky.
>>
>>
>>
>> A representative from Chili's told 8 On Your Side the apology letter was
>> their standard letter that they sent to Lisky to apologize for the upset
>> customer.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Somebody who goes into a business even if they have a legitimate service
>> dog and the dog isn't under control, the business has a right to ask them 
>> to
>> leave," said Marion Gwizdala, who works for the National Association of
>> Guide Dog Users.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gwizdala, who uses a guide dog himself, said he's had people interfere 
>> with
>> his access, but that service dog users and businesses need to know what 
>> the
>> ADA allows when it comes to service animals.
>>
>>
>>
>> Click here for more information on guidelines.
>>
>>
>>
>> "No documentation has to be required as a condition of access. An entity 
>> has
>> a right to ask what task the animal can perform and how the animal was
>> trained," said Gwizdala.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisky depends on her Pomeranian service dog after she suffered a 
>> traumatic
>> brain injury in an accident.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Basically she is letting me know I need to take myself out of the
>> environment because visual stimulation over does my brain," said Lisky.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisky wants not just restaurants but other diners to know that she has
>> rights.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I am just not going to get people pushing me around and putting me down,
>> I'm tired of it," said Lisky.
>>
>>
>>
>> Source:
>> http://www.wfla.com/story/26265377/hernando-woman-offended-after-restaurant-
>> service-dog-dispute
>>
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