--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Tamar Raine <t
let us know what color you get.
--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: National Post Digital Disabled man's right to travel alone challenged
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 6:10 PM
> Yes, i know, kat. but ken made
> it sound like ms. keller was independently mobile. I
> did recently hear that in the 40s, when all the soliders
> came home from the war, and many were blinded, they did
> think of seeing eye dogs then, and they did give Helen k. a
> german shepherd, but i don't know how well helen got around
> with it, probably did brilliantly at home and in her own
> townwell, i'm off to order curtains for my living room!
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tamar
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
>
> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with Disabilities
>
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
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>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 2:09:40 PM
> Subject: Re: National Post Digital Disabled man's right to
> travel alone challenged
>
> But back in those days, no one had ever conceived of
> independence for
> deaf/blind people. I'm sure if she were alive today,
> things would have been
> very different for Ms. Keller.
>
> Kat
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Of course ken. And I recall that she was not able to
> get around without her
> > teacher or her assistant.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tamar
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
> >
> > Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with
> Disabilities
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> > www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Kathy Pink <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:52:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: National Post Digital Disabled man's
> right to travel alone
> > challenged
> >
> > Yes, Helen Keller rings a bell.
> >
> > On 4/7/09, ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > my wife worked and now substitutes at the alabama
> institute for the deaf
> > and blind. There are some studends that are both. you
> might be supprised
> > what they can do. The name Hellen Keller ring a bell?
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Subject: Re: National Post
> Digital Disabled man's right to travel
> > alone challenged
> > >
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > > Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 12:54 PM
> > >
> > > > what nonsense. if he has done it
> > > > before! but i have to be honest, if i
> were deaf and blind, i
> > > > don't know that i would attempt to fly
> alone!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Tamar
> > > >
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
> > > >
> > > > Oakland Mayor's Commission on People
> with Disabilities
> > > >
> > > > [log in to unmask]
> > > > http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> > > > www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 9:23:29
> AM
> > > > Subject: National Post Digital
> Disabled man's right
> > > > to travel alone challenged
> > > >
> > > > REMIND ME!!!!!
> > > >
> > > > THIS IS 2009?
> > > >
> > > > ON THE EVE OF PASSOVER??????????????
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://digital.nationalpost.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 7 Apr 2009
> > > > The Gazette
> > > > CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
> > > >
> > > > Disabled man's right to travel
> alone challenged
> > > > Air Canada to argue in Federal Court
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > OTTAWA - In a case that balances
> passenger safety and the
> > > > rights of the
> > > > disabled, Air Canada is challenging a
> deaf and blind man's
> > > > contention that
> > > > he should be allowed to fly without an
> attendant.
> > > >
> > > > The airline will argue in Federal
> Court that not allowing
> > > > Eddy Morten to fly
> > > > alone is justified discrimination.
> > > >
> > > > Morten of Burnaby, B.C., counters that
> he has a system for
> > > > safe air travel
> > > > with his service dog, he has been
> self-sufficient all his
> > > > life, and that he
> > > > has made many past trips on planes,
> trains and buses.
> > > >
> > > > "I have never needed a babysitter,"
> Morten, a father of two
> > > > and a Paralympic
> > > > bronze medallist in judo, wrote in an
> email.
> > > > "Air Canada routinely allows people
> who are blind, people
> > > > who cannot walk
> > > > and people who may be very disabled
> due to aging to travel
> > > > unattended. Why
> > > > not me?"
> > > >
> > > > Air Canada is fighting Morten in court
> after losing a
> > > > Canadian Human Rights
> > > > Tribunal decision in January.
> > > >
> > > > The tribunal did not order the airline
> to allow Morten to
> > > > travel alone, but
> > > > said he had the right to be assessed
> for self-reliance
> > > > rather than
> > > > automatically ordered to bring an
> attendant.
> > > >
> > > > The tribunal, ruling that Air Canada
> had not met its
> > > > obligation to
> > > > accommodate Morten to the point of
> "undue hardship,"
> > > > ordered the airline to
> > > > pay Morten $10,000 in damages. Air
> Canada is not contesting
> > > > the award.
> > > >
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