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<P>Commercial by The Seeing Eye highlights rights of visually impaired
<BR>Opening eyes<BR>Wednesday, October 08, 2008 <BR>BY ROBERT E. WILLIAMS
III<BR>Star-Ledger Staff<BR>URL: <A
href="http://www.nj.com:80/news/ledger/morris/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1223440534278090.xml&coll=1">http://www.nj.<WBR>com:80/news/<WBR>ledger/morris/<WBR>index.ssf?<WBR>/base/news-<WBR>5/12234405342780<WBR>90.xml&coll=<WBR>1</A><BR>and
another similar article at:<BR><A
href="http://www.nj.com:80/news/index.ssf/2008/10/rights_of_the_visually_impaire.html">http://www.nj.<WBR>com:80/news/<WBR>index.ssf/<WBR>2008/10/rights_<WBR>of_the_visually_<WBR>impaire.html</A><BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>"For that wall to go up, I was humiliated and
embarrassed,<WBR>" 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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>"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." <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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 -- <A href="http://www.seeing">http://www.seeing</A>
eye.org <BR><BR>The commercial's narrative features Kathy Murray, a blind
Rockaway Borough resident who enters the restaurant with an actor playing her
husband. <BR><BR>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.
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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.
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>"Those are only the ones we hear of," she
said. <BR><BR>Robert E. Williams III may be reached at <A
href="mailto:rwilliams%40starledger.com">rwilliams@starledge<WBR>r.com</A> or
(973) 539-7910. <BR><BR>[Non-text portions of this message have been
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