[Cagdu] FW: woman with service dog not let on bus

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Subject: woman with service dog not let on bus



An Ottawa transit bus driver will not be reprimanded after a disabled 
woman complained he barred her from a bus, called her names and twice 
left her in the freezing rain, said a city spokesman.

Michael Fitzpatrick said the driver acted professionally when he 
prevented Sue Anderson from boarding the OC Transpo bus with her 
assistance dog because he believed the dog's bus pass was fake.

Anderson, 50, uses a motorized wheelchair and has only limited use of 
one arm. She relies on her American cocker spaniel Little Pieces, a 
trained assistance dog, to perform everyday tasks such as fetching 
her medication, pressing elevator buttons and keeping other 
passengers from crowding her on the bus.

Kathy Riley, OC Transpo's accessible transit specialist, said the 
dog's city-issued bus pass is unique and bus drivers were not told 
about it. The pass was issued as part of a pilot project intended to 
make things easier for people with assistance dogs other than guide 
dogs for the blind.

"It's a matter of us getting the message out to all of the operators 
and employees that a service dog is in fact much more than that," 
Riley said. 

Meanwhile, Anderson said Mayor Larry O'Brien has promised to look 
into the incidents himself.

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Anderson went public on Saturday with complaints about how she was 
treated by an OC Transpo driver on Dec. 29 and Jan. 1.

She said she hopes publicizing the incident will result in better 
treatment of people with disabilities who use public transit.

"I really hope that with this . all of the drivers will realize that 
not just Seeing Eye dogs are assist dogs," she said.

Anderson said the problems began when she presented both her own bus 
pass and her dog's while trying to board the No. 5 bus.

She said the driver told her the dog's pass, which she has used for a 
year, was fake. He allowed her on the bus, but said he wouldn't pick 
her up again.

"He used the b-word," she said. "I said, 'You, sir, are not a very 
nice man.' He said, 'You, madame, are a B.'"

Anderson said the same driver passed her twice without stopping three 
days later, while she waited in the freezing rain as it got dark.

"It really was disturbing," she said. "It makes me want to stay home."



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