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From: David.Andrews@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Date: 17 Jul 90 19:33:24 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

TG> A blind person I know tried to take a charter bus this past  
 TG> week and was told by the driver that the company rules did not  
 TG> permit her to ride with a dog guide.  Most of the people who  
 TG> were on this bus stated that they did not want to sit with her  
 TG> because of the dog.  Then about twenty minutes later they did  
 TG> find someone who would sit with her but by that time she was  
 TG> very upset and decided not to take the trip.  
 
 TG> Okay, here is the problem, should she have stayed on the bus  
 TG> for the 27 hours with people who did not want her or should she  
 TG> have saidd alright and stayed home? 
      
 TG> The punch line is that this was a group of blind people. 
  
Tom, others have discussed various ramifications of this situation.  As a matter
of principle, I would say that the woman had the right to ride on the bus, and
whether or not she stayed where she was not wanted is a personal choice. 
However, could there have been one or more extenuating situations.  I previously
lived in a state where a woman had trouble getting her dog in a restaurant.  It
turned out that she didn't bathe the dog properly, and it was smelly and dirty. 
Could this have been the case here?  If so, the driver and passengers may have
used other reasons as an excuse for not beeing assaulted by the smell.  Either
way, it is not right, but things aren't always as simple as they might seem.
David Andrews

... Your Sound Alternative

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