Help on Four Legs, Sometimes Followed by Confusion

By GREGORY BEYER Published: June 29, 2008 New York Times City law declares only that establishments provide “reasonable accommodation” to people with service animals, which can sometimes lead to confrontation. “We’re the last minority that it’s permissible to treat this way,” she said, referring to users of service dogs and citing humiliations that include long waits, questions about her disability and, occasionally, shouts of “You’re not blind!” “You never know when someone’s going to look at you,” Ms. Stamm said, “and make a decision that you’re a criminal and you don’t belong where you are, or they have to double-check to see if you’re a real person with rights.”