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Green Beret Kicked Off Campus For Having Service Dog - Video

A retired Green Beret and student at St. Petersburg College in Florida was recently ejected from campus on the grounds that his service dog "Lucky" wasn't allowed on the premises. Bill Smith, 63, was retired as a colonel with a 100 percent disability
rating for PTSD in 2011. Smith was present at the Pentagon during the 9/11 attacks and has multiple combat deployments under his belt.

According to an article in The Tampa Tribune, Smith had provided documentation from a guide dog association that identified "Lucky" as being a service dog, although the canine was already outfitted in obvious service animal attire and shouldn't have needed verification. Campus police ignored
the documentation and Smith was forced to leave.

Alarmingly, Smith and his canine assistant were already registered with the campus's Americans with Disabilities Act office. Yet, when he went to take the matter up with them, after not receiving help from other school authorities, he was told the only way he would be able to return with his working dog was if he supplied a physician's letter to the school describing
the specifics of his disability for which the dog was needed.

There are a few problems with that request, and the first and foremost issue is that it is illegal. The federal law that was being broken was put in place as a part of the updated 2011 version of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was, ironically, the very office that was forcing Smith to disclose the specifics of his medical condition.

The ADA specifically mentions PTSD as a legitimate condition for the use of a support animal, and the following points were taken directly from the Americans with Disabilities Act government website:

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