[NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can be registered

larry d keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Mon Jan 18 13:13:49 UTC 2016


Got it Wayne! I agree! I also get the idea that people might decide to give us a hard time if we don't have patches or what not on our dogs. We will have to work to not let it become a requirement. 

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That's not the point that I was trying to make.The point is, we have the right to quietly go about our lives using the medical equipment of our choice to mitigate our disability.  In fact, to just be able to go about our lives without interference,  like every other citizen.



Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,

Wayne M. Scace 

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From: Steven Johnson via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Date: 1/17/2016  21:33  (GMT-06:00) 
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Cc: Steven Johnson <blinddog3 at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs
 	can	be registered 

Great point, but on a parallel note, they don't have the issue that we as legitimate service dog handlers have in someone trying to pass fake assistive devices.  

Steve


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A slippery slope....Remind me again why diluting our civil rights to go about our daily lives is desirable? What next? Special stickers for users of wheelchairs, walkers, canes, or prosthetic limbs?



Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,

Wayne M. Scace 

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Date: 1/17/2016  20:18  (GMT-06:00) 
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs
 	can	be registered 

Sure, the patch is entirely voluntary, but I am not sure how much that matters. People don't understand those demarkations. When someone at your local pub says you can't bring the dog in here, and you give the ADA stuff, they can still say, "Yes, but you need to have it registered." Least that's how it feels to me.
Cindy


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The patch again is entirely voluntary. They can not! Ask for ID. 

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In this case, as in California, or any other state, the law that grants the most protection to the Service Dog Owner will apply. In the case of someone going through Michigan with an unpatched Service Dog,  the protections of the ADA would pertain.

Yours, Very Sincerely And Respectfully,

Wayne M. Scace 

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From: Marianne Denning via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Date: 1/16/2016  15:42  (GMT-06:00) 
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] FW: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can
 	be registered 

This concerns me because if I travel to MI and don't have one of those patches will I be harassed by business owners?  What happens then?  I know it says "people can," but that may be interpreted by business owners as "people must."

Thanks for this update.

On 1/16/16, Tina Thomas via NAGDU  wrote:
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> From: seeing-eye at googlegroups.com [mailto:seeing-eye at googlegroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Sue Martin
> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 10:22 AM
> To: seeing-eye at googlegroups.com
> Subject: [seeing-eye] New law in Michigan: Service dogs can be 
> registered
>
>
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> From:
> http://www.wzzm13.com/story/news/local/2016/01/14/new-law-updating-ser
> vice-animal-rules-takes-effect-soon/78812092/
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> GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) -- Next week, a new state law goes into 
> effect updating Michigan's rules on service animals.
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> The state's Department of Civil Rights held a news conference in Grand 
> Rapids Thursday to outline the new law. It provides a chance for 
> people who use service animals to register them with the state. Once 
> registered, those people will receive an official state patch that can 
> be attached to the harness.
>
> That will make it easier for businesses to determine who is entitled 
> to a service animal accommodation, said the state's Americans with 
> Disabilities Act compliance director Sharon Ellis.
>
> "It's going to be so much easier not only to have your service animal 
> by your side, but you'll have the peace of mind to have the state of 
> Michigan by your side also," Ellis said.
>
>
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> The law also stiffens penalties for people who falsely say their pet 
> is a service animal.
>
> It takes effect on Monday.
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