[Travelandtourism] Amtrak

[Jordan Gallacher]

I've been denied access to the dining car too based on being blind as well.
Jordan

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> On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:57 PM, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No that is against, ADA about this. We had our monthly meeting last night, would have loved to learned this then, but I will be contacting Amtrak, and forwarding this to Mark Riccobono and the paralegals in Baltimore.
> 
> That is none of their business how much vision you have.
> 
> Cheryl Echevarria, President
> NFB Travel & Tourism Division
> National Federation of the Blind
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>> From: jordanandseptember at gmail.com
>> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 15:53:50 -0500
>> To: Travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Travelandtourism] Amtrak
>> 
>> Is there a reason Amtrak asks for how much vision a blind person has when calling on the phone to book a reservation?  I ask because the last time I took Amtrak somewhere I ended up being treated horribly.
>> Thanks,
>> Jordan
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