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<text id=90TT2445>
<title>
Sep. 17, 1990: American Notes:Pennsylvania
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Sep. 17, 1990 The Rotting Of The Big Apple
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 55
American Notes
PENNSYLVANIA
No Dogs Allowed
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<p> All sixth-grader Michael Gaudiello wants is his
independence. Using a wheelchair because of muscular dystrophy,
he does not care to rely on others to open the doors, carry his
books or help him get to the bathroom. Last spring freedom came
in the form of a collie named Ashley, specially trained to help
Michael through his day. When school officials in Delaware
County, Pa., banned the dog from classes at his special school,
Michael appealed to state officials. "It was my choice to fight
for this," Gaudiello says. "I thought I was right and they were
wrong."
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<p> The state department of education ruled that Michael should
be "mainstreamed" into a school in his home district of
Chichester. The new school promised to accept Ashley, install
wheelchair ramps and assign attendants to help him use the
bathroom twice a day. But all Michael wants is to take Ashley
to his old school. His parents have challenged the dog ban as
discriminatory against the disabled.
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</body>
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