[nagdu] service animals and Uber or Lyft again

[Sherry Gomes]

Some friends and I, all blind women, several with guide dogs, were
discussing this very issue, and I was the only one who said I would not let
a Uber driver know I have a dog. Everybody talked to me like I was an idiot.
I was so wound up about it I wrote a scathing post on my blog, talking about
why so many people think it's more convenient or more polite to let people
know in advance that, in this case, we have a dog, and beyond that.! 


Sherry


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Subject: [nagdu] service animals and Uber or Lyft again

I am on a Facebook group for blind and visually impaired iPhone users and
there is a conversation about putting a button on the Uber and Lyft app
that would allow you to let them know you have a guide dog so the driver
can choose whether to pick you up or not. A lot of people thought this was
a great idea. Of course, I had to jump in and tell them that is a terrible
idea.  Discrimination is discrimination no matter what form it takes.

-- 
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053
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