A blind grandmother was refused to entrance to a daily morrisons warehouse with their driving dog – because the owner is “allergic”. Caroline Kennelly, 54, was left to the flee of sacs in winning, Canterbury, cane, thursday (14 rail).
At the law of equality, kennelly ms is right to enter all shops with their dog dougie assistance. Although three signs in the window the window that dogs are not allowed, with a referral to the owner’s pet allergies.
And while the merrions found the incident “should not come”, local manager has paced – insists they continue to ban the dogs to drive.
MS MS., who has only 3 percent of his vision due to degenerative condition, he said he’d come to visit the first time.
She is hoping that would be a safest option to her – as other stores needs to cross busy traffic in Wincheap. He said, “I said died to go to the door and as I shirt in, the man behind the said counter: ‘No hani’.
“Dougie was in how many handles and I said:” No, I didn’t do in an awesome. I say it’s not allowed to deny access here. “And don’t hear.”
Despite that jengelly tell the employee dougie was legally allowed in the store, he was stuck and asked him. She said, “I was almost in tears, but I tried to keep you together.
“You can stay your land and say” I’m not parting “, but inside you are in pieces because it is a very loud person, but I really give you another refusal elsewhere.”
At the end, a friend pissed and was able to buy MS Kennelly the Things need. The equality of human rights says employers will take reasonable steps to ensure the allergies have minimal or no contact with dogs.
But also added: “Step reasonable password to include banks all the assistance”. MS Kennelly was recorded closed by 2003 as she has a disease called retinitis pigmentous – causing loss of vision.
Was first diagnosed when it was 11 years old and now was left without peripheral vision. But she says having a driving dog has been a great confidence confidence.
“Sound really cliche but when I liked six years ago, changed my life,” he said. Said. “He gave me all my independence, to be able to go and didn’t want to do, and just be my best full bill.
Ms Kennelly was in touch with the driving dog’s access team, who will reject it was illegal for a store to negate income. In the clive (Regions) policy (Regions) to the charity, “We are very disappointed to feel a different company for your vision that have been accompanied by his joint dog.
“Every refusal access experienced by a driving dog owner is devastating and potatoes its trust.” The charity said a survey last year 30 percent of the driving dog owners were refused access from business and services – in spite of this almost illegally.
MR Loodwist: “Assistance dogs are in reasonable adjustment” in law, while they help people with disabilities. To refuse to make a reasonable adjustment through the Ireland of the equality. ‘
Mori have apologized for incident – but the store manager has doubled. A spokes for the supermarket string: “All are welcome to the morri and so we followed with the store directly as this should not happen.
“We’re on the client straight to apologize. The daily store in Canterbury is a shop of the shop and we worked by the team here to find a solution.”
However, the shop Manager realized that MS Kennelly will not be allowed in the dougie through the owner’s allergies.Con reported that a staff member.