[nagdu] Fw: Breaking News About DOJ Changes
Angie Matney
leadinglabbie at mpmail.net
Thu Jan 8 04:43:38 UTC 2009
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for posting more about your situation. Very good points. I did not initially see the message to which you were responding (some problem with my filters, maybe). I'm not at all proposing that dogs are the only legitimate service animals. I
don't think Congress had that in mind when the ADA was enacted, either.
Angie
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:59:48 -0500, Sarah and Loretta wrote:
>Angie,
>The problem with the new propoosed rules is that what my cats do at home
>could conceivably be done in certain public settings, and if my medical
>situation was less controlled and the cat's alert behavior could allow me to
>maintain stability, I would not hesitate to take one to an office where I
>worked. Since my cat's alert behaviors allow me to medicate ahead of asthma
>attacks and seizures, it could conceivably make the difference in my being
>able to stay at the office and work through the day as opposed to going home
>with the consequences of untreated symptoms.
>Dogs can be trained to do these same behaviors; but it would be ridiculous
>to go through another process when I already have cats who do it. Well-kept
>cats can also live and maintain health for as long as 18-20 years. One of my
>alerters has been doing her stuff since 1997 and is still perfectly healthy.
>Sarah J. Blake
>http://www.growingstrong.org
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