Suddenly Everyone Has an Allergy: Farran Couldn't Order a Taxi Because of a Guide Dog

Farran Raz, who is raising a guide dog puppy named Arthur, faced refusals from four taxi drivers she ordered to get to the adaptation tests for the training course. Only the fifth driver agreed to pick her up. Farran says the phenomenon has been going on for almost a year, and she feels great frustration. She calls for raising awareness among drivers and the public, and notes that the law prohibits discrimination against people with guide dogs.

Almost a year after a bus driver refused to let her board with guide dog puppy Arthur, Farran Raz faced another refusal, this time from taxi drivers. The day before yesterday (Tuesday), Farran ordered a taxi to get with Arthur to the adaptation tests for the training course, a significant stage in the training process of a guide dog puppy. She noted when ordering that she was traveling with a guide dog, but according to her, four taxi drivers canceled the order one after another. "Suddenly everyone has an allergy to dogs," she recalls. Only the fifth driver came to pick them up, and told her that his son uses a service dog. Farran says that even after the previous incident, the refusals did not stop, and every taxi ride is a "nightmare." According to the Equal Rights for People with Disabilities Law, it is forbidden to discriminate against a person accompanied by a guide dog, and the law also grants guide dog puppies in training the right to enter public places and receive services. Farran hopes the case will raise awareness among taxi drivers and the public.