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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSCOTUS rules in favor of girl with service dog
http://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/02/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-girl-with-service-dog-001497125.htmlIf you have a service dog for epilepsy or anything else, I have Wonder-ful news!
Read the article to get the joke.
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SCOTUS rules in favor of girl with service dog (Original Post)
NCDem777
Feb 2017
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Pachamama
(16,887 posts)1. I do!!!!
This is great news! My daughter inherited from me my rare heart condition and we have a service dog trained to alert if she or I are having a heart attack and need assistance to get the attention of someone.
This sweet dog sleeps next to her.
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)2. LOVE IT!
The child and her dog, Wonder. Omg, that made me cry, today is a good day!
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)3. Please consider using a better source next time. Here is a good one:
Source: Freep
WASHINGTON Wonder the goldendoodle will get another shot in court.
The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously ruled that the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals should reconsider whether Ehlena Fry and her family can sue a Jackson County school district for its decision years ago to tell Ehlena, who has cerebral palsy, that she couldnt bring her service dog to school.
In Fry vs. Napoleon Community Schools, Ehlenas parents and their lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union argued in October that they shouldnt be required to exhaust administrative remedies under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) before suing under a separate law involving access to public institutions, as the school district argued.
The eight-member court largely agreed not deciding whether the Frys, who live in Manchester, had fully proved their argument, but sending it back to the lower court with instructions on a two-pronged standard that could help decide such cases in the future.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/02/22/supreme-court-michigan-service-dog/98249662/
Look at those two!