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Originally Posted by mscat  I am curioius?
Did a DR. ever tell you that you were disabled? Tell you that a service dog would be benefical to you because your condition is so severe that you are not able to leave home without the extra support?
Are you currently collecting disability benefits? I ask you these questions because just deciding yourself that your disabled is not enough . It takes more then a dog who can perform a couple of things to be consdered a "service animal" PLus, physically or mentally , a Dr. has to agree that you are disabled and a service dog is needed . If not then YES, you are abusing the ADA .
I actually have a variety of illness's , and are 100% disabled, unable to work . My Dr. did agree a service dog would be beneficial for myself . I also have a son with autism and cognitive delays.
We have 2 small service dogs. Evenso I do not bring them with me all the time. Despite having difficulties when going out, I prefer the help of a family member. I have my hands full already then to bring a dog into the picture.
I could if i wanted to easily though.
As far as the OP , Yes I agree that management needed to handle this with a lot more professionalism . However, I do not think that it is ok for a pet owner to think that they can bring a dog into a store just because they have done it before many times without nobody questioning it. I think it was a matter of time that someone said something.
The OP could of responded with a little more grace, and just left the store. Most places do not allow dogs into their store. Not in the United States. |
Ok. To answer ur first question. Yes. I will not go into detail anymore because honestly, I don't feel I need to explain my situation to people who don't know anything about me and my disability, people who don't NEED to know anything about it because it's my business, people who are questioning my integrity, and people that treat me in such a way that make me not want to get to know them on YT like I wanted to get to know people on here when I first joined. I'm very sorry that there are such judgemental people in the world that think they know everything when they know NOTHING about me. It's already HARD enough just BEING me and then I have to deal with things like this. I came to YT in hopes of finding great information (which I have found), support from other yorkie lovers, and possibly some new friends (since I don't get out much, I don't really have friends other than family). It was the perfect place for me when I first joined and I am kind of confused because the last few days I have been reading a lot of posts where some YT members are being very rude and disrespectful to other YT members. And I'm not talking about this thread. I've at least seen 3 others threads in the last few days. It just saddens me that people can't find nicer ways of communicating ideas to others without being rude or mean. People on here have feelings, we aren't robots typing things in here, we are REAL PEOPLE with REAL situations and REAL feelings. I swear, even things I've seen said to other people makes me want to cry. I feel for them. Anyway, babiegurl i understand your situation with your son makes you very passionate about the topic, but I don't understand why you had to start a big argument on this thread about it. I would think that being in your situation you would be more sensitive to others in a semi-similar situation. Obviously, you MUST know how difficult it is to live a "normal" life having a disability, seeing it firsthand. I am not judging you, your son, or anyone else here. I am just dumbfounded at why you felt the need to start attacking a person you know nothing about and i really don't want people to know ALL about me unless they are a close friend of family member. It is nobody's business. To the OP, I'm sorry I posted that first post on here because it obviously started a fiasco. I apologize that it ended up taking away from the original topic. SO SO SORRY for posting information.
