To: disabdis
Subject: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission


To Whom it may concern,     I am disabled & currently using a Service Dog to help me live my life.  Actually he has given me my life back.  I am a epileptic with uncontrolled & unpredictable seizures.  My SD can detect my seizures approximately 7-10 minutes in advance.  This enables me to find a place of safety to have my seizure.  Prior to receiving my SD I was a prisoner in my own APT.  I was unable to leave because I never knew when a seizure would hit.  Even in my apt I had to wear arm, knee & elbow pads.  I also had a helmet on my head to prevent any more concussions, I had 4.     I am one of many who has trained there own SD.  The seizure alert he does is God Given & required no training.  He has passed a basic obedience course & passed the Canine Good Citizenship test.  However under some of the proposed new laws he would not qualify to be a SD because he has not been trained by a qualified trainer or from a school.     The new laws MUST be broad enough to cover My SD or I will be put back into my jail.     Thanks you for any help & please feel free to ask for any clarification. God Bless
Gayla, David Taylor