[nagdu] Blind woman sues nudist community over guide dog

[Star Gazer]

Condo boards are famous for this type of thing. They are probably scared of the dog sniffing their naked butts.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 28, 2014, at 4:45 PM, "L Gwizdak" <leg1950 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> What country is this???? If in the US, then where's the ADA?  Where are the blindness groups?  Just asking.
> 
> Lyn and Landon
> "Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 6:21 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Blind woman sues nudist community over guide dog
> 
> 
>> Blind woman sues nudist community over guide dog
>> 
>> Feb 27, 2014 4:36 AM EST
>> 
>> By: Aaron Mesmer, FOX 13 News -
>> 
>> Source:
>> http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/24835372/2014/02/26/blind-woman-fights-co
>> ndo-association-to-keep-guide-dog
>> 
>> LUTZ (FOX 13) - A blind woman living in a nudist community in Lutz vowed
>> Wednesday to continue her fight to keep her guide dog and keep living in her
>> condominium.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sharon Fowler has had her service dog since 2011, shortly after a medical
>> condition caused her to lose her vision.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "It is the most difficult thing," she said. "It's not only adjusting to
>> everything becoming dark and black, it's loss of freedom."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And Fowler said that loss of freedom led her to her dog, Laura.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "Laura is my best friend," Fowler said.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Fowler and her husband, Craig, moved to Paradise Lakes Condominiums in 2012.
>> They say they had already been settled in when the community association
>> told them Laura, a black Labrador, is too big and had to go, or they had to
>> move out.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> But the Fowlers said they thought this would be a free-thinking and
>> accepting community and have been stunned by how management has handled the
>> guide dog situation.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Still, they say they're not going anywhere.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "I am legally blind. Laura is a trained, certified guide dog," Sharon said.
>> "You cannot bully us. We will not leave. This is our home. I won't be
>> embarrassed. I won't be intimidated. We will go all the way with this, and
>> we've done nothing wrong."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "I have to sit back and behave myself and watch my wife go through some of
>> the most embarrassing and traumatic times that she's ever had to go
>> through," Craig said.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The Fowlers filed a lawsuit against the condo association for mental anguish
>> and asked a judge to force the association to allow them to stay, at least
>> for now.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The suit was initially thrown out, but an appellate court has since
>> overturned that ruling.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "I won't be embarrassed. I won't be intimidated. We will go all the way with
>> this," Sharon said.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> FOX 13 left messages for the condo association manager and president of the
>> board of directors, but our calls were not returned.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> nagdu mailing list
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/leg1950%40cox.net 
> 
> 
> ---
> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.
> http://www.avast.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/pickrellrebecca%40gmail.com