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'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out'

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Summary
Nutrition label

66% Informative

Raising the incidents on social media feels torturous when it means it means being threatened means it's not worth doing it.

The last straw came about a week ago when she was refused service at a restaurant.

She was told she couldn’t enter as people could have allergies, which is unlawful.

She has faced constant demands to justify why she should want equal treatment and threats of violence.

What seems harder for some, though, is trying to understand what it feels like to be barred from businesses when you can’t. Peter White is joined on Radio 4 by Pete Osborne , chief operations officer at the charity Guide Dogs , to answer questions from listeners. Many have been asking how the organisation operates in regards to waiting lists, training methods, and eligibility for new and replacement guides..

VR Score

59

Informative language

50

Neutral language

48

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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