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The article discusses how parks and recreation professionals in the U.S. should handle service dogs in their facilities based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and individual state statutes. Other topics include the types of service dogs like diabetes alert dogs and mobility assistance dogs, and how service dog organizations offer new routes to community relationships and programming.

The article talks about compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards, focusing on parks and recreation agencies. Topics discussed include children with type 1 diabetes being served by parks and recreation agencies, thus falling under the ADA standards, and a settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and child care provider KinderCare regarding children afflicted with type 1 diabetes.

Information on the 11th Annual National Institute on Recreation Inclusion (NIRI) conference in Schaumburg, Illinois in November 2010 is presented. Topics include park and recreation accessibility, recreation services for returning military personnel, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The conference featured several speakers such as attorney Linda Mastandrea and National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) president Elizabeth Kesler.