[nagdu] service animals and Uber or Lyft again

[Cindy Ray]

You actually don’t need it in writing. You have the dog. There is a history, so it’s good. You rate drivers and they rate you; therefore, there is a lot of knowledge about what happens I think.
Cindy Lou Ray
cindayray at gmail.com <mailto:cindayray at gmail.com>

> On Oct 14, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Shanna Stichler via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Mostly, I notify drivers in advance about the dog because if they then refuse to take us, I have it in writing, so to speak. I may try it the other way though and see how things go. Because in any other case, I would not feel any obligation or desire to disclose in advance that I use a dog guide.
> 
> Shanna with Diamond
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> 
> On 10/13/2015 9:56 PM, Sherry Gomes via nagdu wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne Denning
>> via nagdu
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 4:06 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>; Ohio Association of Guide
>> Dog Users List <oagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> 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.
>> 
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