article_snippet: The family of an autistic boy are at loggerheads with The family of an autistic boy local school district in Sherwood, Oregon, which is refusing to provide a handler to oversee The family of an autistic boy 's service dog.
article_snippet: Then the district told the McDonalds that the McDonalds required a dog handler be to present at all times and that under the Americans with Disabilities Act the McDonalds would have to pay. '
article_snippet: I thought - it's a service dog, he's allowed to go in public places.
article_snippet: The family doesn't believe a handler is necessary and say the district is misinterpreting the regulations. 
article_snippet: The family's attorneys also point to a recent court case in Florida where a judge ruled that a service dog is no different than helping a blind child deploy a cane, reports The Oregonian.
article_snippet: McDonald says McDonald son is being discriminated against and that the Americans with Disabilities Act states that the school should pay for a dig handler because it is they who claim it is necessary .
article_snippet: a judge ruled, 'The (Florida) district's failure to provide an employee to assist the child with a service dog's routine care amounted to a failure to accommodate.'
article_snippet: The family are waiting for a legal verdict,but said that time is also critical as the longer the boy and dog are apart, the more The family bond deteriorates.
article_snippet: the school district communicated to the parents that, under the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the dog is welcome in the classroom as long as either a parent or someone the parents arrange is in the classroom to supervise and care for the dog,' said the school in a statement on Wednesday. '
highlights_snippet: the family argue that the Americans with Disabilities Act states that the school should pay because it is the family who want the dog handler .
  