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Security guards in a retail store approached her and demanded that she leave because there were &#8220;no dogs allowed, unless seeing-eye dog.&#8221;\u00a0 Management was not persuaded by her description of service dog.\u00a0 Management proceeded to call the police, who told her to leave because she had no &#8220;State certification&#8221; of the dog as service animal.\u00a0 As there is no &#8220;State certification&#8221; for service animals, CLASI was able to file an administrative complaint with the Human Relations Commission under the Equal Accommodations law, which was settled for monetary damages and police training.<\/li>\n<li>The Delaware Department of Education (DOE) published program &#8220;physical&#8221; examination and screening regulations.\u00a0 Based on their legal expertise, CLASI issued comments which recommended substituting &#8220;health examination&#8221; for &#8220;physical examination&#8221; to clarify coverage of mental health impairments, ADHD, depression, and TBI.\u00a0 The comment was shared with the DOE, which agreed with CLASI\u2019s recommendation and adopted a revised final regulation.\u00a0 This is a highly significant achievement, as the forms are completed on behalf of all public school students in Delaware (130,610 during the 2011\u20132012 school year) and will promote identification of students with TBI.<\/li>\n<li>CLASI staff served on a committee which provided legally-relevant information on &#8220;employment-first&#8221; legislation and edited sequential drafts of the proposed legislation.\u00a0 The final legislation (H.B. 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