[NAGDU] Service Animal Article from Associated Press

[NAGDU President]

Dear Fellow Federationists,

 

I am forwarding this article which appeared on today's AP wire concerning a
recent 
Court decision between two individuals with disabilities who had a dispute
concerning the presence of a service animal and the resolution. Please have
a read!

 

Fraternally yours,

Marion

 

 

Marion Gwizdala, President

National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc. (NAGDU)

National Federation of the Blind

(813) 626-2789

President at NAGDU.ORG

 

 

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characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise
expectations because low expectations create barriers between blind  people
and our dreams. You can live the life you want! Blindness is not what holds
you back.

 

From: Marion Gwizdala [mailto:marion.gwizdala at verizon.net] 



 

Updated At 12 oh 5 AM.. Judge weighs sorority sisters' dispute over dog
Judge weighs sorority sisters' dispute over dog The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio . COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A federal judge is deciding whether a
dog trained to help an Ohio State University student during panic attacks
can stay at her sorority house despite another student's allergy. The
Columbus Dispatch reports the university ordered Madeleine Entine to remove
her dog, Cory, from the Chi Omega sorority house because another resident
complained that the dog inflamed her allergies and, in turn, her Crohn's
disease. A school official determined that both students were protected
under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the only solution was to allow
the person who signed up for their room first to stay in the house. Entine
filed a temporary restraining order against the university on Oct. 26. A
judge is weighing whether to issue a permanent injunction allowing her and
the dog to stay.