[nagdu] Woman with guide dog says civil rights were violated

[Marion & Martin]

Wayne,
    I think it is important to educate business owners to their rights under 
the ADA, as well! I can, however, see your point that this might raise a 
question about whether or not the dog was under control. The statement, in 
and of itself, is not incorrect, but may mislead readers to believe there 
was some issue that caused the restaurant to deny access.The article also 
seems to represent the handler in a confrontational position, not the best 
place to be from the start if you are to protect your civil rights!

Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Woman with guide dog says civil rights were violated


> The statement just seemed confusing to me. With all due respect
> though, if you see nothing wrong with it, then that's good enough for
> me.
>
> Wayne
>
> On 6/5/09, Jenine Stanley <jeninems at wowway.com> wrote:
>> Interesting story. What part of the comments of Texas Hearing and Service
>> Dogs did you disagree with or bothered you, Wayne? Just curious. I
>> personally didn't see anything incorrect in what was said. The only thing
>> that jumped out and it could very well be a result of editing, was that 
>> this
>> handler seemed to be presumed guilty of some wrong even though what she 
>> was
>> saying lead me to believe she was not.
>>
>> I know there's a really strong desire to correct, out of school pride or
>> whatever, people who call every guide dog a Seeing eye dog, but sometimes
>> you have to temper that one.
>>
>> Then again, some people are on their best behavior on camera too.
>>
>> It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
>>
>>
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