More than 700 people worked the 
halls and offices of the State Capitol 
today for Disability Awareness Day. 
Ms. Wheelchair Oklahoma, 
Elizabeth Reeve, was among the 
group to let lawmakers know that 
she has trouble getting her service 
dog into some businesses in 
Tahlequah. She says many business 
owners and lawmakers didn’t know 
that under the Americans with 
Disabilities Act, service dogs can go 
just about anywhere.
Elizabeth Reeve: I found out that a 
lot of them didn’t have the 
information they needed, so I was 
able to educate every single one of 
my government officials and today 
here at the Capitol I’m going 
towards my legislators and 
informing them about the service 
dog as well.
The Department of Rehabilitation 
Services says one in six Oklahomans 
has a disability. Using matching state 
and federal dollars, the Department 
helps the disabled find jobs and 
ways to adapt work environments to 
their needs. For each state dollar the 
Department gets, it receives four 
dollars in matching federal funds to 
provide those services.