[nagdu] Advance Notification

[Marion Gwizdala]

Cindy,
    Again, I will say I agree with both your message concerning making the 
sacrifices to advance our civil rights, as well as your decision to notify 
the convent you will be bringing your dog. They are two very different 
scenarii. Places of public accommodation must allow service dogs and cannot 
require identification or advance notification. A convent is a religious 
institution not subject to the ADA, so asking permission is acceptable and 
wise!

fraternally yours,
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Advance Notification


> Well, let me try to answer the question as best I can without seeming to 
> judge. First of all, the way we have gotten much of what we have gotten 
> has been because people were willing to sit in exit rows and be removed 
> from planes and strip searched; they have refused to give up canes; they 
> have picketed for rights. That is how we've made it to the place we are 
> now. For me, I do from time to time have to consider the consequences. If 
> I don't feel I can make the kind of sacrifice that is needed, then I don't 
> do it. I feel badly about that sometimes, but there are times when you 
> simply can't. That is up to you. None of the rest of us should judge you 
> as a person, but know that if all of us made decisions to never make those 
> kinds of sacrifices, we wouldn't be where we are now. I've not always made 
> them myself. I don't know if I "sold out" because I told the folks at the 
> convent that I had a dog and was it OK to bring him, but I felt I had to 
> do it. Ultimately, we have to live with those
> decisions, so we need to way the options. If the options say there is no 
> way we can do the sacrificing thing, then we can't. I just think that's 
> how it is.
>
> Cindy
>
>
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