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Service dogs and PTSD PTSD is more common in veterans than civilians, with 7% of veterans developing PTSD at some point in their lives, versus 6% of civilians, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Rates of PTSD vary among service areas and depend on the study. In 2021, 10% of male...

Khorri Atkinson Accommodation denial didn't affect job functions Worker argued he was trying to manage worst symptoms A Union Pacific Railroad Co. conductor lost his appeal over a denied request to bring his service dog to work to help with post-traumatic stress disorder after a federal...

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By: Journal Record Staff//May 10, 2023 Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby has been ordered to pay $50,000 to a former part-time store clerk who was fired after she told supervisors she could not work without her service dog. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a disability...

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Nearly 17 U.S. Veterans take their own lives each day. A staggering and heart-breaking number. But a local group is pairing service members with service dogs. And both are getting the lifeline they need. Amanda Crawford has the story. When missiles were fired over Iraq in the Gulf War Joe...

By Abby Bammerlin | Editor at Large May 7, 2023 | 2:00pm EDT Mouth open, tongue out, Scarlet raced to catch the ball as it rolled in the grass. Once retrieved, she rushed back to her handler Taylor Neff who held out her hand with a smile. Neff tossed the ball again and off went Scarlet...

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TAMPA, Fla. - Veteran Giovanna Moreno, who served in the U.S. Army, can't say enough about how thankful she is for her dog Storm. "It's done so much for me in just the two months that I've had her. She's pretty much changed my life on a day-to-day basis," Moreno explained. "There would be days...

Author: Katie Lusso Published: 12:01 AM EDT May 5, 2023 MANASSAS, Va. — A Manassas family says they were told they couldn't bring their daughter's service dog into a school event over the weekend, because the dog didn't have a "certified ID." Kaitlyn Svrlinga is an eighth grader at Benton...

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By: Alicia Naspretto Posted at 12:24 PM, May 01, 2023 AUSTIN, Texas — People with disabilities rely on their service animals for many reasons. Some dogs are trained to be the eyes for a person who's blind or the ears for someone who's deaf. They can sense low blood sugar, an on-coming seizure...

By CATHERINE MCLAUGHLIN, THE LACONIA DAILY SUN Former LCpl. Aaron Anderson and his service dog, Arvin. (Catherine McLaughlin/The Laconia Daily Sun photo) Former LCpl. Aaron Anderson rarely runs into issues taking his service dog, a 2-year-old German shepherd named Arvin, with him...

ASAP (https://serviceanimals.info/) has released a video that I thought some will like. It is geared toward businesses and how they should handle customers with service dogs but is very informative for all service dog teams and those that are in the early stages of deciding if a service dog...

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WDHN) — It's now a crime in Alabama for a business to prohibit a person and his or her service animals from entering. It's a misdemeanor. Recently, a Geneva County man says he was told by an area dentist not ever to bring his service dog back to his office. Jeff Sheler and...

By Ellie Davis GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A student here in the East is speaking out after saying he was discriminated against by an Uptown Greenville business for being visually impaired. Landon Stevenson says being legally blind has challenged him since the third grade, and now, an Uptown...

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By Aya Miller | amiller2@mlive.com KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo Central High School 12th grader Alyssa Douglas said her final year of high school has been complicated due to the treatment she and her service dog, Moxi, received while attending classes at the school. Douglas has filed a federal...

BY BRUNO MATARAZZO JR WATERBURY — A former Naugatuck man had his 16-year prison sentence for manslaughter reduced by 18 months last week after applying for a sentence modification. CONTRIBUTED Justin Martinez interacts with one of the dogs he has helped to train through the America's VetDogs...

INDIANAPOLIS—Often, Indiana politics is characterized by controversy and hostility, with lawmakers seemingly arguing during an entire legislative session. However, in rare moments like Wednesday's Senate Health and Provider Services Committee meeting, they instead shared some laughs and...