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  • 1.  Differently abled people and how they can help foster based rescues

    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous
    Posted 01-30-2024 05:20 AM
    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous

    Hey everyone, We currently have a volunteer who is differently abled, she likes to help at adoptions events. Asking from a true place of both wanting to have her continue to help, but at the last event she fell while helping and it took 2 of us to get her up off the ground. She is mobile but not for very long. Our events are full of puppies playing and there are multiple times she has tripped. But I really want to have her help, any suggestions? I don't want her to get hurt.


    #Diversity,Equity,InclusionandJustice


  • 2.  RE: Differently abled people and how they can help foster based rescues

    Posted 01-30-2024 02:42 PM

    I would talk with her to find what accommodations she would find helpful when working events. In most cases, the simplest adjustment can make the world of difference. 



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    August Hutchins (They/Them)
    Foster Coordinator
    Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center
    Tampa, Florida
    813-272-1157
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  • 3.  RE: Differently abled people and how they can help foster based rescues

    Posted 02-05-2024 10:17 AM

    It sounds like she needs a position where she can be seated during the event. Registration, check in/out, information, the free stuff table, etc. Or  culd she be given a place to sit and one adoptable animal to handle? So people can come to her if they are interested in that particular pet?



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    Maria Saucedo
    GIS Analyst
    Pets for Life at HSUS
    Baltimore, MD
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  • 4.  RE: Differently abled people and how they can help foster based rescues

    Posted 02-05-2024 12:44 PM

    Could she be positioned seated at a table and help greet the public and give them information about the organization and the animals at the event? 



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    Amanda Gray
    Grants and fundraising manager
    Operation Liberation
    FL
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