In the past six weeks, several calls came into IAADP's Information & Advocacy Center from assistance dog partners in different states who were distressed by the treatment they received when they tried to shop at a Wal-Mart store.
Before contacting Wal-Mart, the International Association of Assistance Dog Partners would like to find out if there may be other guide, hearing or service dog handlers who have had similar difficulties in recent years.
If you or a friend has had a negative shopping experience at Wal-Mart, we'd really appreciate hearing from you. Please send a copy of your reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Or if it would be easier due to your disability or other circumstances, you are welcome to call at 586-826-3938 to provide input.
The goal of our survey is to document whether there are additional cases of access denial or other problems that should be addressed by Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters.
Another way you could help IAADP ! with this Advocacy outreach effort is by forwarding this Survey to email lists that you might be on with other assistance dog partners who may not belong to IAADP, to give them a chance to respond.
Thanks so much for considering this request!
Joan
IAADP Chairperson
IAADP SURVEY [ Please put an "X" in front of the words YES or NO ]
1 ) Have you ever had a problem with access to Wal-Mart or experienced some other difficulty shopping there with your assistance dog? YES NO
2 ) If Yes, what was the approximate date, the store's location, and nature of the problem?
3 ) Have you filed a complaint on this matter with the police, a
state agency or the U.S. Department of Justice? YES NO
4 ) May we contact you if we have more questions? YES NO
5 ) If yes, please provide your name, address, phone number and preferred email
address. This personal information will not be shared with anyone without your
express co! nsent.
6 ) If you did not have any trouble but someone! persona lly known to you had a
negative experience, please consider asking them to participate in this survey.
Thanks, very much!
Joan Froling
IAADP Chairperson
International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
Information & Advocacy Center
P.O. Box 1326
Sterling Hts., MI 48311
(586) 826-3938
www.iaadp.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Assistance Dogs of America, Inc. www.adai.org
Before contacting Wal-Mart, the International Association of Assistance Dog Partners would like to find out if there may be other guide, hearing or service dog handlers who have had similar difficulties in recent years.
If you or a friend has had a negative shopping experience at Wal-Mart, we'd really appreciate hearing from you. Please send a copy of your reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Or if it would be easier due to your disability or other circumstances, you are welcome to call at 586-826-3938 to provide input.
The goal of our survey is to document whether there are additional cases of access denial or other problems that should be addressed by Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters.
Another way you could help IAADP ! with this Advocacy outreach effort is by forwarding this Survey to email lists that you might be on with other assistance dog partners who may not belong to IAADP, to give them a chance to respond.
Thanks so much for considering this request!
Joan
IAADP Chairperson
IAADP SURVEY [ Please put an "X" in front of the words YES or NO ]
1 ) Have you ever had a problem with access to Wal-Mart or experienced some other difficulty shopping there with your assistance dog? YES NO
2 ) If Yes, what was the approximate date, the store's location, and nature of the problem?
3 ) Have you filed a complaint on this matter with the police, a
state agency or the U.S. Department of Justice? YES NO
4 ) May we contact you if we have more questions? YES NO
5 ) If yes, please provide your name, address, phone number and preferred email
address. This personal information will not be shared with anyone without your
express co! nsent.
6 ) If you did not have any trouble but someone! persona lly known to you had a
negative experience, please consider asking them to participate in this survey.
Thanks, very much!
Joan Froling
IAADP Chairperson
International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
Information & Advocacy Center
P.O. Box 1326
Sterling Hts., MI 48311
(586) 826-3938
www.iaadp.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Assistance Dogs of America, Inc. www.adai.org
Mark Jackson
