[Cagdu] FW: Commercial by The Seeing Eye highlights rights of visually impaired
tina thomas
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Thu Oct 9 17:35:50 PDT 2008
Subject: [K9Scoop] Commercial by The Seeing Eye highlights rights of
visually impaired
Commercial by The Seeing Eye highlights rights of visually impaired
Opening eyes
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
BY ROBERT E. WILLIAMS III
Star-Ledger Staff
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Ray Kornman was hanging out with friends on a recent Saturday evening when a
Morristown bar employee stopped him from entering with his guide dog,
Richie, a yellow Labrador retriever.
"For that wall to go up, I was humiliated and embarrassed,-" said Kornman,
who is legally blind and works as an outreach specialist with The Seeing
Eye, a Morris Township organization that trains guide dogs for people who
are blind or visually impaired.
Kornman explained that federal law allows him access to public places with
his dog, but he was still denied entry, something the Seeing Eye
organization decided to address through a public service announcement taped
Sunday in Morristown.
The cast and crew of more than 30 people gathered at Sebastian's Steakhouse
on Elm Street for a daylong shoot produced to enhance the public's knowledge
of access for service dogs accompanying blind owners.
"We didn't want it to be dry," said Theresa Davenport, the director of
communications for The See ing Eye. "With YouTube and everything else,
people are so used to seeing great video we wanted it to be something
unique."
The organization got help producing the commercial from the North American
Precis Syndicate, which chose to distribute a public service announcement
for the group for free as part of the syndicate's 50th anniversary
celebration. A local taxi cab company and restaurant also donated their
services.
The commercial is expected to be completed next week, with distribution
planned to more than 1,000 television stations across the nation. Once
completed, the commercial may also be viewed at The Seeing Eye's website --
HYPERLINK "http://www.seeing"http://www.seeing eye.org
The commercial's narrative features Kathy Murray, a blind Rockaway Borough
resident who enters the restaurant with an actor playing her husband.
They are seated near several distracting patrons, including people talking
loudly on their cell phones, a woman sticking gum under her seat and a
little boy bothering his older sister and twirling a pepper grinder.
A waitress approaches Murray, and tells her she dropped her coat on the
floor. The waitress later realizes the coat is Winnie, the golden retriever
who guides Murray.
The waitress walks over to the maitre'd, asking him if he knew the dog was
in the restaurant. He tells the waitress to let him know if anyone bothers
her.
As Murray, her husband and the dog later leave the restaurant and step into
a taxi, information about the federal law allowing service dogs access to
public places appears on the screen.
The commercial highlights an issue blind people with service dogs
experience, at restaurants, hotels, apartment buildings, in taxicabs and
elsewhere. While some people may object to the presence of dogs for health
or religious reasons, the Americans with Disabilities Act supersedes
personal objections.
The law allows a civil complaint to be filed, with the person denied access
having the right to file a report with police and to pursue damages in
court.
Despite the law, The Seeing Eye still receives an average of 20 inquiries
each month from people who have been denied access be cause of their guide
dog, Davenport said.
"Those are only the ones we hear of," she said.
Robert E. Williams III may be reached at HYPERLINK
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539-7910.
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