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Post by bjobsessed on Dec 6, 2007 0:26:54 GMT -5
 Hahahaha Serves him right. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2007 0:30:49 GMT -5
Awww..........I feel so bad for both! That's me, the animal lover.
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Post by bjobsessed on Dec 6, 2007 0:32:29 GMT -5
Awww..........I feel so bad for both! That's me, the animal lover. I love them too. I wouldn't be able to leave him in all that rain. |
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Post by inuvik on Dec 6, 2007 13:21:33 GMT -5
I never cease to be amazed that this sort of thing keeps happening!
Taxis refuse blind woman accompanied by guide dog
CHUCK CHIANG
The Canadian Press
December 5, 2007
FORT McMURRAY, ALTA. -- The co-ordinator of an Alberta council representing the disabled says she was left with a sour taste in her mouth after being refused a ride by a line of taxis in Fort McMurray because she was accompanied by her guide dog.
Diane Bergeron's plane was already five hours late when she arrived just before midnight Sunday.
Tired, and with a 9 a.m. speaking appointment the next day, she tried to hail a cab to transport her to a hotel.
"There was a whole line of 10, 15 taxis waiting outside [the airport terminal]," said Ms. Bergeron, who is blind and is usually accompanied by her guide dog, Max. "Not one would take me because of my dog."
A bystander at the airport eventually gave her a lift into town.
Despite provincial and municipal laws aimed at protecting the rights of people with guide dogs, Ms. Bergeron's experience isn't uncommon, said a spokeswoman with a national non-profit agency providing services to blind Canadians.
"It happens frequently, everywhere," said Ellie Shuster, an Edmonton-based spokeswoman with the CNIB.
Ms. Shuster said provincial laws include the Blind Persons' Rights Act, which says no one can be denied access because of a guide dog. A similar bylaw exists in the municipal codes of Wood Buffalo, the sprawling region which includes Fort McMurray.
"They're not allowed to refuse," said Jeanne Goudie, the region's chief taxi inspector, adding that fines start at $100.
Fort McMurray is not alone in dealing with the issue. This summer, a taxi company agreed to pay a blind Vancouver man $2,500 after one of its drivers refused to pick him up because he was accompanied by his guide dog.
About a month earlier, a Calgary judge found a driver guilty of discrimination for the same reason and fined him $300 under the Blind Persons' Rights Act.
Several Fort McMurray taxi companies said certain drivers will not carry dogs as passengers.
"We can't make the drivers do it," said Ron MacNeill, owner of Sun Taxi, who added some employees cite allergies or religious convictions as reasons for denying service.
Mr. MacNeill added that his company can accommodate guide dogs if notified in advance. Mustapha Hemeid, manager at Access Taxi, echoed Mr. MacNeill's statements.
"Not every driver will do it," Mr. Hemeid said about carrying the dogs. "But we do have optional drivers who can, and if you call ahead, we'll do it."
The policy at Fort McMurray Airport is to provide the service, said spokeswoman Sally Beaven.
"Their agreement [with the airport] is that they'll not refuse any fares," she said, adding that management has talked to cab companies about the issue. "This shouldn't happen."
Ms. Bergeron, the co-ordinator with the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities, was in town to speak at a workshop on how hospitality and retail businesses can work with people with disabilities.
She said Fort McMurray should take a closer look at the issue.
"When you come off a plane, the taxi driver is often the first person you contact," she said.
"It's the first face a visitor sees in a city, and this definitely put a sour taste in my mouth."
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Post by Chris on Dec 6, 2007 17:11:17 GMT -5
I never cease to be amazed that this sort of thing keeps happening! I know!! It happens here too.  - Chris |
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Post by hoosier on Jan 19, 2008 17:10:49 GMT -5
Just saw this today-- NASA unveiled a new book at the National Federation for the Blind that enables the visually impaired to experience the wonders of the universe. It is entitled "Touch the Invisible Sky" and is available in braille and large print. Included are photgraphs taken from the Hubble Telescope . www.hubblesite.org |
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Post by carl1951 on Feb 2, 2008 16:00:08 GMT -5
A news report from KXAN Television News reported a story about a woman, Juliana Cumbo, who was rejected for a license in Accupuncture because of blindness. Here is the link to the t.v. station in Texas. www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7807798&nav=0s3dciM0Later, Carl |
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Post by bjobsessed on Feb 2, 2008 22:43:26 GMT -5
She must be good to get as far as she has. You'd think there would be a way around the bleeding issue. Maybe someone in her office could check? What happens now with that? (as an intern). Why couldn't the same thing happen if she was licensed?
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Post by carl1951 on Feb 18, 2008 20:57:49 GMT -5
On the Discovery Channel (Health) is a story about Ben Underwood. health.discovery.com/The show is "The Boy Who Sees with Sound." Later, Carl |
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Post by mlm828 on Mar 12, 2008 14:30:01 GMT -5
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced this morning he is resigning, effective Monday. He will be succeeded by Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who is legally blind. CNN's story about him can be found here. |
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Post by Chris on Mar 12, 2008 17:00:22 GMT -5
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced this morning he is resigning, effective Monday. He will be succeeded by Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who is legally blind. CNN's story about him can be found here. Heh. At first I thought you had posted this in the wrong thread - thought it should have been in the 2008 Election thread. But of course I was wrong.  Anyway, interesting article. Good luck to the new Governor of New York. - Chris |
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Post by carl1951 on Mar 14, 2008 19:29:42 GMT -5
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced this morning he is resigning, effective Monday. He will be succeeded by Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who is legally blind. CNN's story about him can be found here. This is a first. There has never been a blind governor until now. (Of course, it would have been unbelieveable for a television show.) I bet he'll be a successful governor. |
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Post by inuvik on Mar 19, 2008 11:17:38 GMT -5
Canada is issuing a guide dogs stamp on April 21, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Association for the Blind. (the same ass'n that O Noir, Canada's only dark dining restaurant, also in Montreal, donates some of the profits to)
It is a self adhesive stamp and will also have the denomination in Braille! Apparently that was very hard technically to do--it's much easier on traditionally gummed stamps.
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Post by bjobsessed on Mar 19, 2008 22:11:13 GMT -5
Canada is issuing a guide dogs stamp on April 21, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Association for the Blind. (the same ass'n that O Noir, Canada's only dark dining restaurant, also in Montreal, donates some of the profits to) It is a self adhesive stamp and will also have the denomination in Braille! Apparently that was very hard technically to do--it's much easier on traditionally gummed stamps. I didn't know that. I'll be watching for it for sure. If anyone would like one, let me know. |
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Post by carl1951 on Mar 23, 2008 13:10:06 GMT -5
Anita: Me! Me! Me! of course.
You have my address.
Later, Carl
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Hahahaha Serves him right.
