[NAGDU] re post on air b and b

Tue Sep 19 18:49:35 UTC 2017

Hi Marion
many thanks for your response and the explanation of the laws in the United States.
warm wishes
gabriel
> On 19 Sep 2017, at 19:36, NAGDU President via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Gabriel,
> 
> 	I know Mike Hingson has already addressed this topic; however, I wanted to share some information about how private companies become covered entities under the law. Title III of the ADA is entitled "Public Accommodations and Services Operated by Private Entities". Within this Title is a list of 12 broad categories of private entities that are considered public accommodations. We have often encountered challenges from law enforcement stating that such and such a company is a private company and can refuse service to anyone they wish. As true as this may be, there are certain protected classes of people whose characteristics cannot be used as reasons to exclude them. The most obvious is race but it also includes, ethnicity, religion, gender, familial status, sexual orientation, and, since the passage of the ADA, disability. For everyone's edification, here is the list of covered entities as it appears in Title III of the ADA:
> 
> (A) an inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, except for an establishment located within a building that contains not more than five rooms for rent
> or hire and that is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as the residence of such proprietor;
> 
> (B) a restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving food or drink;
> 
> (C) a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment;
> 
> (D) an auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or other place of public gathering;
> 
> (E) a bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, shopping center, or other sales or rental establishment;
> 
> (F) a laundromat, dry- cleaner, bank, barber shop, beauty shop, travel service, shoe repair service, funeral parlor, gas station, office of an accountant
> or lawyer, pharmacy, insurance office, professional office of a health care provider, hospital, or other service establishment;
> 
> (G) a terminal, depot, or other station used for specified public transportation;
> 
> (H) a museum, library, gallery, or other place of public display or collection;
> 
> (I) a park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of recreation;
> 
> (J) a nursery, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate private school, or other place of education;
> 
> (K) a day care center, senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food bank, adoption agency, or other social service center establishment; and
> 
> (L) a gymnasium, health spa, bowling alley, golf course, or other place of exercise or recreation. (42 USC 12181(7))
> 
> 
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion
> 
> 
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc. (NAGDU)
> National Federation of the Blind
> (813) 626-2789
> President at NAGDU.ORG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel Moloney via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 3:27 PM
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> Cc: Gabriel Moloney
> Subject: [NAGDU] re post on air b and b
> 
> Good day all
> I have been following this thread, over the last day or two, i have found it slightly strange, in the following ways:
> 1: I thought that all homes, on the air b and b website and network  were private homes that offer alternatives to costly hotels, motels etc,.  So my curiosity has gotten the better of me now, in the following way, if they are private homes does this not give the owners certain rights, that is they can refuse anybody accommodation or  entery to their house, or since they are letting their homes, rooms etc to the public does federal and state law differ on this matter?  In other words are they now public property while being rented out? or are they still private homes? This is where my curiosity has kicked in
> The second question that I have for this list, is the following and some people might not agree with this second part of the post, but just give me a moment to explain after the question.  This question had to do with whole idea of ID Cards and disclosure when booking places or transport.  I know, that this type of question, can get the blood boiling, and others might agree with the whole idea of carrying a ID Card, I can only talk about the regulations and law in the Republic of Ireland, now when you qualify with your guide dog from the one school you are required to carry your ID Card that is issued to you at all times, their reasoning for this is to “save embarrassing moments for you as a guide dog owner, for the staff and for members of the public”.  On the cards that are issued there is a photograph of you and the law is printed on the reverse side the law is printed on it stating your rights under equality law.
> 
> This ID Card does not apply to me, as my current guide is not from that school, so I do not have their ID Card, I do have and carry the ID Card that I received from Pilot dogs, but that means very little in Ireland, I have only being asked to show it once and that was on a public transport bus, that was dealt with very speedy by myself and the bus company, it is very rare now, that you would be asked for ID Cards in Ireland, but if your dog is from the guide dog school again they state to you that you have to carry it with you at all times, finally the whole idea of disclosing when booking transport or hotels etc the school again tell you that you have to inform them that you have a guide dog again see the quote above, yes I would have been guilty in the past of doing this on a couple of occasions but with my guide now, no i do not, and I have seen the benefit of not disclosing, so my mind et was changed over the last year and that was due to talking to somebody on this whole issue, and I am very thankful to that person.
> Many thanks for allowing me to put my thoughts out here in regards to the air b and b question and ID card part of this email
> gabriel
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