Uber Assist driver fined for denying ride to Paralympian

Desmond Brown, Toronto CBC News, February 6, 2018
An Uber Assist driver who refused to pick up a blind Paralympian last year because of her service dog has been fined $250. Victoria Nolan, who captured bronze at the 2016 Rio Games in four-mixed rowing, had finished training at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre when she decided to try UberAssist for the first time. The ride-hailing service is designed specifically to be accessible to people with disabilities. But when the driver arrived and saw Nolan’s guide dog, he took off.