Too Special for Special Olympics? Group Bans Girl With Service Dog

Jenny Youngwith is the girl next door; an all-American blonde teen from the heartland who loves her family, her dog and most of all playing basketball. She is also developmentally disabled and suffers from a respiratory condition that requires her to breathe from an oxygen tank when involved in any activity more strenuous than sleeping. That tank weighs just four pounds and is carried by a trained service dog named Simba. Simba, a yellow lab mix, goes everywhere with Jenny: to class, to...Full Story