[NAGDU] Access for guide dogs in training

[Buddy Brannan]

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Guide dogs have no access rights. None. Full stop. Period amen, none. 

It is the guide dog handler who has the right to be accompanied by his/her individually task trained service dog. 

Yes, this really is important. It really, really is. For one thing, it changes the whole discussion around "fake" service dogs. For another, if the dog had access rights, it wouldn't matter whether the handler were disabled or not. Except that it does. Finally, getting who has the rights here correct helps the discussion surrounding access rights, not only in regard to "fake" service dogs, though that's a currently hot button issue. 
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> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:08 AM, Andrew Webb via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> Can anyone advise as to the rights of guide dogs in training (and their
> handlers) to access places of public accommodation? I am referring to dogs
> in the process of being trained and certified as guide dogs, but whose
> training has not yet been completed. From the research I have done, it
> appears to me that the ADA does not extend rights of access for guide dogs
> in training as it does for fully-trained guide dogs. I gather that certain
> states have laws granting access to guide dogs in training who are in the
> company of certified guide dog trainers, and who can produce certification
> to the effect that they are in fact training the dogs for gide dog work. The
> state I'm interested in is Illinois, for which I have not found any such
> state laws allowing access for guide dogs in training.
> 
> 
> 
> Can anyone comment on this?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
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