The decision signifies that just as a service animal may assist a person with physical disabilities, the emotional support derived from a companion animal can help a person suffering from depression or other emotional illness, " the Department of Fair Employment and Housing said in a written statement.
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The four-year-old network, based in Irvine, Calif ., and available on cable in close to 15 million households nationwide, runs occasional documentaries on addiction and subjects related to emotional illness, a " wellness " show whose host is the author Gary Null and a program called " Overcoming Overeating ."
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The Kansas Supreme Court ruled last year that the state must prove as a matter of constitutional due process not only that the offender was suffering from a mental or emotional illness, was dangerous and was likely to repeat his crimes, but also that he could not " control his dangerous behavior ."
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The commentary accompanying the regulations, however, contains a representative list of disorders and conditions constituting physical impairments, including " such diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, and drug addiction and alcoholism . " . ..
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In other words, in children at least, sleepwalking and night terrors are rather common occurrences that have no particular relationship to emotional illness, though it is easy to see why parents might assume that a child who almost every night " wakes up " screaming and sweating with eyes wide with terror would be trying to fend off some emotional demon.
