[Oagdu] more info!

[Marion Gwizdala]

Abby,

	I have a meeting scheduled for today with our legal  counsel to go
over these things. I will let you know where we go from here.

Marion



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Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 8:14 PM
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Marion,
The only other thing I can see that is wrong with the document is there are
several places where it says "requesting for approval" to have a service
animal in housing spaces.
but no one in the university seems to know whast the requirements or process
to request approval is.
That is the other reason I am finding this document so shady. The people who
are supposed to know about it, have no clue that it even exists.

Anyway, that just throws up a red flag in my opinion...

Thanks,

Abby and Cricket.

On 8/27/2015 11:12 AM, Marion Gwizdala via Oagdu wrote:
> Abby,
>
> 	I have an appointment to speak with our legal counsel today about 
> this and another higher education guide dog issue. I will let you know 
> how it goes. I will ask her about striking the section about 
> relocating the person with the service animal if a conflict occurs. 
> This is the only section I see incongruent with the FHA. I will get 
> her legal opinion on the document and her advice for how you should
proceed.
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oagdu [mailto:oagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abigail 
> Bolling via Oagdu
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 4:29 PM
> To: Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users List
> Cc: Abigail Bolling
> Subject: [Oagdu] more info!
>
> I wrote an informal email to someone on staff at ODS, and she turned 
> it into an official thinggy...
> They are back peddling, and stating that I did not read the rules 
> right and all that junk... but here is what I found very very interesting!
>
> I stated "Do we know why the university is creating their own policies 
> when it comes to service animals and ESA's? Doesn't the Fair housing 
> act
> (FHA)
> and the ADA cover universities and university housing as well as 
> general public?"
>
> Here is their response:
> You are right, the ADA and FHA cover the animals, but the university 
> is within its rights to create documents that outline the rights and 
> responsibilities of both parties, that way the boundaries are very clear.
> Additionally, we did receive legal guidance from a specialist in the 
> creation of all documents utilized.
>
>
> Clear boundaries? there is nothing clear about some of the sections of 
> those rules.
> it actually makes them very murky.
> Anyway, I just thought it was interesting.
> I received the document again from the Office of disability services, 
> and them not so politely asking me to sign it...
> I have no plans to until this is sorted out.
>
> Abby and Cricket
>
>
> --
> Abigail Bolling
> Wright State University-2018: Rehabilitation Services
> Phone: (513) 512-3456
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Abigail Bolling
Wright State University-2018: Rehabilitation Services
Phone: (513) 512-3456
"keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music
play." (Julie Anderson-Diamond) "Dance like no one is watching, love like
you'll never be hurt, sing like no one is listening, and live like it's
Heaven on earth." (William Purkey) "Love is the triumph of imagination over
intelligence." (H. L. Mencken "We can only learn to love by loving." (Iris
Murdoch


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