Comments on: Wal-Mart workers will be trained to spot cuckoos… and their little dogs, too.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:36:14 +0000

I have mental illness and a service dog. My use of a service dog is covered under to federal ADA law. Good thing, too, since I can’t possibly go shopping without her. Denying her access is denying me access and this being America, you cannot do that.

Just as with a person, if the dog is disruptive, makes a mess, etc., the management have every right to require that the owner/handler remove the dog from the store.

Some mentally ill people cannot function even close to normally without a service dog.

By: sihaya

sihaya — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:17:38 +0000

lithium kills….whose rights did this puppy infringe upon lets here it….

By: Service Dog

Service Dog — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:17:32 +0000

The ADA is poorly written and lends itself to wide abuse because of it’s many flaws.

By: James

James — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:48:58 +0000

Good point about giving a dog to an unstable person. A stuffed toy would probably have done as well.

By: Montane

Montane — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:35:50 +0000

A nice healthy dose of lithium would be cheaper and much more effective.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:26:51 +0000

Steve, you kill me, you need to get your own show!

I say, do whatever you gotta do to keep the nutsos happy. If she has to carry a small dog around with her everywhere she goes, so be it. Whatever, if Toto stops her from shooting up a school, then I’m all for it.

By: Phil Taylor

Phil Taylor — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:55:06 +0000

this is funny stuff,

By: WarAxe

WarAxe — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:04:16 +0000

Argh! I hate it when I screw up. Yeah, I saw the “schizo” and figured it was the multi-personality manner of disorder. Thanks for setting me straight!

By: Tara

Tara — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:47:33 +0000

Ha ha, Steve. Good work again. Except…

Schizoaffective disorder (and schiziphrenia, too) is *completely* different from multiple personality disorder, which may be what your closing joke refers to?

More on schizoaffective disorder: http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/52.cfm

I have a relative with this disorder and his main problems are paranoia and hallucinations. People with multiple personalities (aka “dissociative identity disorder”) have several distinct personalities within one body, usually as a result of trauma as a child (like sexual abuse).

*Thank you for listening to this public service announcement from your local therapist/mommy, Tara*