[nagdu] Fw: Article on Non-Canine Service Animals and Changes to ADA

[Ann Edie]

The Story is Online!Hi, Everyone,

I just got home from a few days' visit to my folks in New Jersey and found a message in my in-box that I thought might be of interest to list members:  

An article about non-canine service animals and the proposed changes to the definition of service animals in the ADA written by a freelance writer, Rebecca Skloot, will appear this Sunday in the New York Times Magazine.  I received the information below from the author, and thought members of these lists might be interested in the story.  The story is available on the NY Times website (link below) as well as in the print NY Times Magazine on Sunday, January 4, 2009.  Rebecca was also interviewed for the NPR show, Day-to-Day, and the link to the audio interview is also given below.

I had no difficulty accessing the stories using the links given by Rebecca below, and hope you all have the same success.  I think the author did a pretty good job of defining the issues surrounding the subject and of describing how non-canine service animals are currently being used by people with various disabilities.

Enjoy,
Ann

----- Original Message -----  
From: Rebecca Skloot 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:02 PM
Subject: The Story is Online!


Hi,

I'm amazed it's up so soon, but the story went online today and within two hours it was already the 8th most emailed story on the NYTimes site, which is very (very) impressive. I just got back from being interviewed by NPR's Day-to-Day, which is going to air a segment about the story this Friday (info about listening is here:   http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/index.php?prgId=17&showNav=1)

The story is online here, and will be available in print this Sunday in the paper:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04Creatures-t.html 

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Rebecca Skloot | freelance writer | http://www.rebeccaskloot.com
assistant professor | creative nonfiction | http://www.mfainmemphis.com