[nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being deniedaccessatgoodwill industries

Fri Jul 20 01:24:26 UTC 2012

Jenny,

Your very very right. He is a blind guy, but apparently getting paid big
bucks to say that lots and lots of other disabled people get less than what
they deserve. I also agree he has forgotten that he is a blind guy. We all
start out at the start. Whether that means learning brailed, or learning to
use a screen reader, or learning to use a cane, or guide, or alternative
techniques to cooking, traveling, school work, to everything. We are all the
same, we all have to use the skills we learn to live our lives. 

2cents worth,
Marsha  

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Jenny Keller
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:01 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being
deniedaccessatgoodwill industries

Hi,

I might be a little late in this message.  but it disgusts me even further
that the President and CEO of Good Will Industries is blind.

I think he's forgotten something.

Jenny
On Jul 17, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Margo and Arrow wrote:

> Hey, marsha, isn't this very ironic that we hear about goodwill not paying
minimum wages very often and, then, right on the heels of that report, we
hear of goodwill giving service naimal folks trouble.  Oh, and I guess
goodwill and its attorneys are not aware of the A D A.
> 
> Margo and Arrow
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha Drenth"
<marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied
accessatgoodwill industries
> 
> 
>> Another reason to dislike Goodwill. Has anyone emailed this to the NCB?
So
>> now Goodwill is discriminating with their employees in paying them less,
now
>> they are discriminating against guide dog users. Great job Goodwill!
Sorry
>> that was sarcastic.
>> 
>> Marsha
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf
>> Of Margo and Arrow
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:06 AM
>> To: new york association of guide dog users; NAGDU Mailing List, the
>> National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] Fw: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied access
atgoodwill
>> industries
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: cheryl echevarria
>> To: David R. Stayer ; Anil Lewis ; Margo Downey ; john pare jr. ; carl
>> jacobsen NFB of NY President
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:52 AM
>> Subject: Shoppers with guide dogs being denied access at goodwill
industries
>> 
>> 
>> I thought I would share this.
>> 
>> 
>> It was posted by my guide dog school, the guide dog foundation for the
blind
>> in Smithtown, NY.
>> 
>> 
>> My own comments, on this, really is Goodwill crazy or what, sorry very
>> unprofessional of me, but really.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheryl
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
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>> ----
>> 
>> This notice is not specific to Tennessee. If you have had access issues
with
>> any Goodwill facility, please contact the law firm below.
>> 
>> Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee, a non-profit legal center
>> advocating
>> for the rights of Tennesseans with disabilities, together with the
national
>> civil
>> rights law firm Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian are
>> investigating
>> complaints of discrimination against shoppers with service animals at
>> Goodwill stores
>> across the United States. In particular, we are investigating complaints
>> that shoppers
>> have been asked to provide "credentials" or documentation for their
service
>> animals;
>> have been barred from entering or have been thrown out of Goodwill stores
>> because
>> they do not have documentation for their service animals; or have been
asked
>> questions
>> about their service animals even when the handler's disability or the
>> service provided
>> by the animal is obvious.
>> If you have been denied access to Goodwill stores or have been asked
>> inappropriate
>> questions by Goodwill employees because you use a service animal, we want
to
>> hear
>> from you.
>> To share your stories, please call Scott Grimes at Goldstein, Demchak's
toll
>> free
>> number: 1-800-822-5000, or email
>> sgrimes at gdblegal.com
>> , or Sheila Odusote at
>> sheilao at dlactn.org
>> . All communications will be kept confidential.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>> 
>> 
>> Cheryl Echevarria, Owner
>> http://www.echevarriatravel.com
>> 631-456-5394
>> reservations at echevarriatravel.com
>> http://www.echevarriatravel.wordpress.com
>> 
>> 
>> President
>> Travel and Tourism Division
>> National Federation of the Blind
>> 631-236-5138
>> 
>> 
>> 
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