[Ansteorra] mobility issues

[Stephanie S Smith, Ph.D.]

Service animals.  I saw an ad in the Black Star that stated "no pets
except service animals with id".  First, service animals, while well
loved members of the family, are not pets.  They are service animals. 
Second, federal law prohibits asking someone for id for their service
animal.  You are only allowed to ask, "Is that a service animal?"  If the
answer is yes, you must allow the animal in.  There is no other choice. 
Now, if the animal is destructive or aggressive, you may ask them to
leave.  Otherwise, the animal has the right to be everywhere the human is
authorized to be, including showers and bathrooms.

I also have problems because I have so called "invisible disabilities"
and am relatively young, and people say nasty things about me parking in
disabled parking or using services for the disabled.  Just because
someone doesn't use a visible assistance device doesn't mean they are not
disabled.  Also, as a "landed gentry" person, the best campsites go to
the peers, meaning I usually have to walk a long way to things.

Stephanie Lilburn
akaStephanie Smith, Ph.D.
lambdakennels1 at juno.com
Wolfe City, Texas 75496
K5AMK
Owned by a Standard Poodle and an Australian Cattle Dog

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:30:59 -0500 Charlene Charette
<perronnelle at earthlink.net> writes:
> Lady Einin Ciarnait wrote:
> > Unfortunatley, mobility is a big issue for many of us out there, 
> and one of the problems with a lot of event stewars, autocrats or 
> what ever you may wish to call them , is that they don't take this 
> into consideration. The Baroness of Dun Or  and several others of us 
> there either have to use wheelchairs at larger events, or the little 
> motorized scooters...and I have heard several really rude comments 
> about it.
> 
> In an effort to educate well-meaning but unknowing event stewards, 
> what 
> issues would those with mobility problems like to see addressed at 
> events?
> 
> --Perronnelle
> 
> -- 
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