Woman says hotel denied her room due to service dog
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Woman says hotel denied her room due to service dog
Woman says hotel denied her room due to service dog - WNCN: News, Weather, Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville MEMBER CENTER: Create Account | Log In CONNECT: Site Go Web Win $25,000 Sweepstakes MBER $25,000 Home Improvement Sweeps. Contest Ends Soon - Enter Daily! Recommend 7 322 Woman says hotel denied her room due to service dog Posted: May 05, 2015 4:44 PM EDT Updated: May 05, 2015 5:51 PM EDT by Phil Sanchez, WNCN News CONNECT Find us on Facebook WNCN Phil Sanchez Like Like You like this. You and 1,186 others like WNCN Phil Sanchez.1,186 people like WNCN Phil Sanchez. Facebook social plugin Trending Videos Woman says she was denied room because of service dog RALEIGH, N.C. - A Tennessee woman visiting Raleigh said she was denied access to a local hotel because she has a service dog. 9-year-old dies after being hit by SUV in Cary City council approves rezoning, 20-story tower possible Dianne Wertz said it happened after she drove five hours Monday night with her service dog, Gabby. "I came from Tennessee to see my son leave for basic training this morning," she said. When Wertz got to City Studios Hotel on Capital Boulevard, she said he was denied a room. "She proceeded to tell me oh you can't stay here because we don't allow pets," Wertz added. Stancil thrown from Wayne Co. court after expletive-laced tirade Dianne Wertz said it happened after she drove five hours Monday night with her service dog Gabby. Local News Area commencement http://www.wncn.com/story/28984911/woman-says-hotel-denies-her-room-due-to-service-dog[5/7/2015 2:36:14 PM] 2 charged with kidnapping, raping woman met a school for deaf Pregnant woman makes chilling 911 call moments after fatal shooting Woman says hotel denied her room due to service dog - WNCN: News, Weather, Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville MORE>> exercises scheduled She said she presented the hotel employee with the proper credentials concerning service animals. Teen injured in Wake Forest shooting dies; officers on leave But Wertz said the woman at the front desk would not budge. Holly Stiles, a lawyer with Disability Rights North Carolina, said hotels must accommodate patrons with service animals. Ft. Bragg man charged in fatal Fayetteville crash "The American Disability Act says that if somebody has a service animal, public accommodations like hotels, have to accommodate their needs as a person with a disability," Stiles said. 1st craft rum distillery opens in Raleigh MBER Chapel Hill father defends daughter in Rebel flag photo Stiles said Disability Rights North Carolina gets a lot of call about people not understanding where service animals are allowed to go and where they have to be accommodated. Hotel says it didn't deny veteran room because of service dog Wertz said she's a veteran and her dog helps with her PTSD. "I shouldn't have to be treated like a second-class citizen because I have a service dog," Wertz added. MBER MORE>> Wertz traveled back to Tennessee and said she may contact a lawyer. The manager of City Studios did not want to comment on the matter when contacted by WNCN. Copyright 2015 WNCN. All rights reserved. Phil Sanchez Phil Sanchez is an Emmy and Associated Press award winning anchor and reporter who joined WNCN's team in 2011. 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Reply Jenni Dickson McClure · Reply Top Commenter · Virginia Tech I'd save my money and not bother with an attorney. There's a difference between a service dog and a therapy animal. The credentials she presented on camera are printed off the internet. I know of a few acquaintances who carry the same thing in the bag in which they carry their foo foo dog that is nothing more than their "baby". Reply · Like Like · Yesterday at 7:31am David Scallion · Top Commenter · Muleshoe, Texas There is actually no such thing as "the proper credentials" I have a relative who simply got her doctor to state on a prescription form that she needs a service animal for her seizure disorder, and that satisfied her landlord. Reply · Like Like · David Scallion · 2 · Edited · Yesterday at 8:54am Top Commenter · Muleshoe, Texas Definition of service animals from the ada.gov website follows. You'll notice it does include dogs who calm a person who has PTSD. Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA. Reply · Like Like · 2 · Yesterday at 9:03am Vickie Adamson · Works at Self-Employed Most people with real service dogs call in advance of anywhere they are going hotels, movies, etc. so they are expected. 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