[Nfbc-info] Nfbc-info Digest, Vol 125, Issue 23
Jordan Mirander
jordanmirander at icloud.com
Mon Oct 26 23:18:00 UTC 2015
Hello all,
What do you think about blind faith doing a devotion on Sunday mornings at our future conventions. I do not know it is just a thought that I have.
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> 1. Re: safety concern for service dog on para transit bus
> (Lisa Irving)
> 2. Major disruption in phone service (Mary Willows)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:28:24 -0700
> From: "Lisa Irving" <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] safety concern for service dog on para
> transit bus
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> Hi Lauren and all others,
>
> I don't find seating to be an issue for me; just my service dog. The only
> time I have an issue with seating is when I'm expected to sit in the very
> back or near the back. The constant bouncing up and down plays havoc with
> medical issues centered around my spine.
>
> Have an excellent day.
> Lisa Irving
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren
> Merryfield via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 11:18 PM
> To: 'NFB of California List'
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] safety concern for service dog on para transit bus
>
> Hi,
> If the seats are empty, it seems like you could choose where to sit. I
> usually do because some of the seats are such that I would slide, even with
> a seatbelt on. So I tend to take inside seats. The only time a driver
> directs me to a certain seat is if others are already filled when I get on.
> I would think the drivers would want to do whatever is safest for your dog.
> Poor thing; he/she shouldn't be allowed to slide around. I wouldn't like
> that if I had a dog.
> Thanks,
> Lauren
>
>
>
> Blessings in Jesus? name:
> My digital evangelism blog is at:
> www dot ask in jesus name dot org (you need to retype it) Psalm 34:1-2 I
> will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my
> mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear
> thereof, and be glad. Advice from my cats:?meow when you feel like it.?
>
>
>
> Blessings in Jesus? name:
> Psalm 34:1-2 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall
> continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the
> humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. Advice from my cats:?meow when you
> feel like it.?
>
>
> Blessings in Jesus? name:
> Psalm 34:1-2 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall
> continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the
> humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.?
> Advice from my cats:?meow when you feel like it.?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa
> Irving via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 9:52 PM
> To: 'NFB of California List' <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] safety concern for service dog on para transit bus
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I'm seeking to better understand disability law requirements concerning the
> safety of service dogs while riding para transit busses.
>
>
>
> Very recently there was no room on the para transit bus for my service dog,
> that is, before I agreed to let my dog lay in the isle. My dog slid around.
> Luckily, the only person walking around was the driver.
>
>
>
> When I sit in the second seat, on the right hand of the para transit bus,
> there's nothing to prevent my dog from sliding forward and under the seat in
> front of us. Directly across isle from the second seat that is behind the
> driver. When the floor heater is not on the seating area is perfect because
> my dog does not slide in any direction.
>
>
>
> I know that para transit is required to secure wheel chairs and items such
> as the push carts or suitcases. What would it take to create safety features
> such as making a crate available. It would be secured. Or, making it so that
> the service dogs could not slide forward under the seat? Also, is it lawful
> to request seating which prevents the dog from sliding in any direction?
>
>
>
> Also, why is it so that para transit provides most of their correspondence
> in large print and fails to send letters via Email with OCR?
>
>
>
> From,
>
> Lisa Irving and Bernie
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:19:03 -0700
> From: "Mary Willows" <mwillows at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <ouryard at comcast.net>, "Sharon Maalis"
> <smaalis001 at student.butte.edu>, "Darian Smith" <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>,
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> Retherford" <jgretherford at ucdavis.edu>, "Joy Stigile"
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> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Major disruption in phone service
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> Hello All:
>
> I am tempted so close to the conventiontime, to keep this a secret but, I
> won't.
>
> I switched to AT&T today and the phone number that I have had for 35 years
> is no longer working. Until this is resolved please call my cell phone.
>
> (925) 895-2778
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Mary
>
>
>
> The National Federation of the blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams.
>
> You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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>
> National Federation of the Blind of California (NFBC)
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> Thank you,
>
> Mary Willows, President NFBC
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