tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140165681659191042.post-84564538086260140862008-05-17T02:08:00.005+01:002008-05-17T02:26:26.396+01:00Confused?<div align="left">It seems clear to me that it is little wonder that the general public are confused about assistance dog access sometimes. We're a generation who have been brought up collecting bottle tops for Guide Dogs but things have moved on. The law now clearly states that any person with a disability accompanied by an assistance dog trained to mitigate their disability should be treated equally.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left">So, it goes without saying, that shops would want to welcome all assistance dog partnerships doesn't it? Yeh, right! Literally, within five minutes in a town centre (Windsor) recently, we saw four different "welcome" or "not welcome" signs.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201149821005353298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_cCKDqd4b-qM/SC4yNJCcUVI/AAAAAAAAAHc/pr97LgFurUA/s400/waitrose.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Come on Waitrose, you can do better than that, surely?<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201150147422867810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_cCKDqd4b-qM/SC4ygJCcUWI/AAAAAAAAAHk/l6oQQqzsSk4/s400/starbucks.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Lots of information on show at Starbucks, but no generic sign for assistance dogs!<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201150594099466610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_cCKDqd4b-qM/SC4y6JCcUXI/AAAAAAAAAHs/uEBegI4C2Jo/s400/king+and+castle.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Brilliant! Well done The King &amp; Castle!</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201150903337111938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_cCKDqd4b-qM/SC4zMJCcUYI/AAAAAAAAAH0/monJjPsfgTY/s400/assistance+dogs+only.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">... and well done to Boots too!</p>Wendy &amp; Caesarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201432616261566185noreply@blogger.com