Posted
10/14/2005 05:15:00 PM
by Douglas
Ma'am, do you have a prescription for that
ferret? A student has filed an Americans With Disabilities Act complaint against a university because it won't let her keep her pet ferret at her dormitory.
Freshman Sarah Sevick, 19, said in a complaint filed with the U.S. Justice Department that she needs the ferret, named Lilly, at Our Lady of the Lake University to calm her during panic attacks.
"I'm not suing the school, and I'm not asking for money. I'm just trying to get her here," she said.
Sevick said she has been diagnosed with psychiatric problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder. She takes medication for depression and anxiety, she said.
Maybe she her ferret Lily does provide therapeutic assistance with her panic attacks, but this just reeks of yet another abuse of the ADA, because for every college freshman that would benefit from this kind of activity, there are thousands more that would be grossed out about having to live in the dorm with a freakin' rat.