[nagdu] Medical transportation.

[Julie J.]

What I was trying to say earlier is that in addition to it being 
discriminatory to Deanna, it is also discriminating against her mother, 
because of her association with Deanna.

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Craig Heaps via nagdu
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 1:50 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: Craig Heaps
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Medical transportation.

Here's my take FWIW:

Could they deny you access if you used crutches or a walker? Could they
say you can't come on board because of some other device that assists in
your disability? That to me would be disability-based discrimination.

I think the same would apply to you being denied access because you have
a vision aid (i.e., a guide dog).  So the guide dog is representative of
your disability. If they would give you access without your disability,
to deny you access because of your disability (in the form of your
vision aid/guide dog) is illegal discrimination.

But I'm not a lawyer, so take that into consideration.

Craig and Chase

On 10/20/2015 11:22 AM, Buddy Brannan via nagdu wrote:
> Agree with Rebecca. I actually find that going in with confidence, as 
> though there's nothing out of the ordinary and no problem, and, as she 
> said, you've got every right to be there, really does work. I can count 
> the number of times I've had access refusals, excepting of course for 
> taxicabs, on both hands with fingers left over. I'd almost say on one 
> hand, but it's possible I'm forgetting something.
>
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>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Star Gazer via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'd just act like you've got every right to
>> be there wich you do.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deanna Lewis 
>> via
>> nagdu
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 9:38 AM
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>> Cc: Deanna Lewis <DLewis at clovernook.org>
>> Subject: [nagdu] Medical transportation.
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Hope you all are doing well. I have an interesting question for you all
>> today.
>> Currently, my Mom has Medicaid and they have a transportation vehicles to
>> get their patients to and from medical appointments. Well, my Mom is 
>> having
>> surgery on Friday, and I plan on riding in the vehicle with her. The 
>> company
>> does allow a person to accompany the patient. My question is this, can 
>> they
>> deny me from bringing my guide dog with us? Technically, I am not the
>> patient. I would think that if I was the patient that they could not deny 
>> me
>> from bringing him, but I don't know how it will work, since I am not the
>> patient.
>> Has anyone experienced this?
>> Thanks for any advice.
>> Deanna and Mambo
>>
>>
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