[guide.chat] Re: Change of by laws for Guide dogs on escalators
- From: Leslie Fairall <fairall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: guide chat <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:10:09 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Vanessa:
It's interesting to read about the differences of guide dogs laws in
America and the UK. In America, all guide dogs are trained to use the
escalators or moving sidewalks in airports. I can't imagine banning a
blind person from using them. We also have a law forbidding all public
forms of transportation (including taxis) to discriminate against guide
dog users. There has been a problem in the past with Muslim cab drivers
not picking up a blind person if they saw he/she had a guide dog. They
claimed that having dogs in their car is against their religion. We are
not accepting that excuse.
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