Court fight looms over Sainsbury's cat ban

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'She brings structure to my life.'

Ian was recently diagnosed with autism after many years of struggling with anxiety in busy or noisy environments.

"I realised that my life was a lot better with her being around - there's a lot of autistic people suffering from depression. I'm not alone any more," he says. "I ended up becoming quite upset," he says. "I got to the point where I couldn't actually remember why I was in the store and what I needed to buy.

And this is where the matter has become a potentially complicated courtroom fight: The law on assistance animals is not clear cut.Ian's view is that Chloe is a properly-trained assistance animal who is an essential "auxiliary aid" - a legal term for something that is providing support for someone with a disability.

 

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