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A service dog named Alaya is making the life of a boy with epilepsy a bit easier. The dog not only senses the child's oncoming seizures (which can be as many as 20 a day), Ayala is trained to lick the boy, which brings a magnet in her collar in contact with a nerve stimulator on the boy's chest, lessening the impact of the seizures, sometimes even preventing them. For the first time in his life, the boy can go out to play without his parents by his side; he can use the restroom by himself because Alaya is there to watch over him. But the dog isn't allowed in his school, reports "Today." The boy, Andrew Stevens, is 12 years old but, according to his school, functions at a kindergarten ...

Getty Images The need for service dogs is huge, as is the cost. University of Kentucky sophomore Logan Bright knows this, and wants to help by starting a club at her school under the 4 Paws for Ability organization. "I have a strong passion for showing people that community service is more than work; it can be fun too," Bright told Paw Nation. While at Wittenberg University in Ohio (which she attended before transferring), Bright had learned about the program, which lets students who live off-campus bring home five-to-six-month-old puppies in order to help ready them to be service dogs for the disabled. According to its Web site, 4 Paws for Ability "say[s] yes when many more traditional ...