#service dog ADA

[cashthecomposer]

Just so other Americans know, service dogs do *not* need to be wearing gear that says "service animal", nor do they need papers, nor training from any specific entity.

All they need is training to do at least *one* task that serves to aid an individual with their disability. That's it. This training can come from anyone, anywhere, you can even train them yourself, that right is specifically noted by the ADA.

They must be well behaved and 100% under control, and potty trained. If they are at all disruptive to others in either regard, they can be asked to leave, and you must comply, though you can come back without the animal. A fear of dogs or allergy to dogs is not a valid reason for someone to turn you away. Patrons must be accommodated, both those with the dogs, and those with the related issues. You may not be isolated or otherwise treated differently from other patrons.

People working can ask only two questions to confirm that the dog is a service animal:

(1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability, and

(2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform.

That's it. If you refuse to answer, you will be asked to leave, and you must comply. These two questions are the only questions that you *must* answer, any others are not allowed: they cannot ask about the person’s disability, require medical documentation, require a special identification card or training documentation for the dog, or ask that the dog demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task.

You will still be charged for any damages caused by the animal.

Hope that clears up the many misunderstandings I see. I have a service dog, and I'm happy to answer any other questions anybody might have about how this whole thing works.

Thanks for reading, here's a sleepy dog tax as a reward for making it this far.

#service animal #service dog #dog #my dog #doggo #ada #Americans with disabilities act #disability #disabled #psa

[inamagicalhallucination]

kunikida complains about paying for streaming services but pays for like all the ones atsushi (and dazai) have his password for

#actually literally everyone in the agency uses his #eventually after they realize they just make a small streaming services joint account and now they share literally every subscription thing #bungou stray dogs kunikida #kunikida doppo #dazai atsushi #dazai bsd #bungou stray dogs dazai #dazai osamu #nakajima atsushi #atsushi nakajima #ada dazai #the ada #ada as family

[booksandbrainsandsoftthings]

Not so friend reminder that

Being a veteran does not exempt you from service dog laws

Being disabled does not exempt you from service dog laws

If your dog is not trained to perform tasks that mitigate and help manage a disability, and it does not know how to behave calmly in public, it is NOT a service dog.

If your dog is not a service dog, it does not have the right to be in places pets are not allowed.

Following trained service dogs with your untrained pet is not okay.

Being a jackass about it does not change the laws either.

Leave. Your. Pets. At. Home.

#service dog #be respectful #educate #service dog training #working dog #respect the vest #dog training #important #dogs #disability advocacy #fake service dogs are harmful #assistance dog #a vest does not make a service dog #emotional support is not a task #emotional support is not service dog #sd registries are fake #sd #fake service dogs #ada is law

[bonelesssboiz]

I do think colleges not being accessible is very funny because it is EXCLUSIVELY the administrations fault. I knew a frat guy in a wheelchair with a service dog and he was at every party like they made the pledges carry his chair up the stairs and included the dog on their composite.

#accessibility #disability #service dog #university #ADA

[fandomswonderland]

Istg if i see one more ad about emotional support pets im gonna lose my mind. Your PETS (because that's what they are) do not and should never have the same rights as my service dog. "But I wanna take my dog everywhere with me" Your emotional support animal isn't protected by ADA and isn't allowed in places that don't allow pets. I've been banned from three places in my city alone because of my SD who IS protected by the ADA. You take your dog with you everywhere because you don't want to leave them home alone. I take mine with me because of multiple physical disabilities. ESAs and SDs aren't the same.

#stop lying to people #ADA #service dog #emotional support PET

[x22817]

My mother convinced me to do a human spa day...poor fruit feels squished (she'll get her well deserved spa day when my mom leaves)

#beans beans the magickal fruit #at least the people working knew the ADA #they asked their two questions and that was it #I brought my jacket for her to lay on too for extra comfort #she says it's as bad as an airplane #thankfully its only for an hour or so #service dog #dogblr #SHE GOT TO SLEEP THE WHOLE TIME #DIDNT HAVE TO ALERT ONCE

[mandana-the-service-pup]

I was a little apprehensive about the application process for the rental home and how they would handle the service dog situation. Some of you may remember what we had to go through with our current apartment complex. It was a lot of rude emails on their part but eventually they got their lawyers involved and realized we were correct. They had to change their policies but it was a lot of stress & effort for a disabled person to have to go through while sick.

Fortunately, the leasing company that runs this house is doing it right. They use a third-party company called petscreening.com for all of their applicants and there is special consideration for service animals. It’s was very thorough but also easy to complete and in my opinion probably one of the best ways to filter out fake service dogs without inconveniencing real disabled people.

I obviously can’t show all of our info but here are some screen shots. This shows what the application process looks like after it’s submitted but while filling out each section it walks you through the steps and explains your legal rights for various parts and how that would apply to service animals. The application is then sent to a team of legal consultants for review. It was very user friendly & free for me to use. I hope other leasing companies & landlords will adopt this service instead of pressuring their disabled tenants with inappropriate requests.

#service dogblr #service dog awareness #service dog #medical alert service dog #dogblr #disability awareness #accessibility matters #chronic illness community #disabled community #american healthcare #service dog resources #public access #fair housing act #ada law

[underworldwitxh]

Needing help with vet costs for my Service Dog in Training

Hey everyone, so I need help with getting money together for my SDiT's vet costs. Hekate, my female american pit bull puppy has a vet appoiontment on Feb 8th (currently it will cost me $275 for everything).

[Picture ID: My puppy Hekate laying in the grass looking at me while i take her picture]

Update: My landlord is trying to change my lease and implement illegal rules(the landlord waited until the end of january to even start the process to change the lease which is illegal because my lease isnt up until march on top of that they are trying to say that they have the right to dictate what animals are in my home when i own my home and am just renting the land on which my home sits on). So on top of trying to raise money for vet costs I'm now having to raise money for a lawyer because this is a direct ADA violation. So if all my followers were able to donate even a few dollars apiece i would be able to afford at least part of the upfront fees and whatnot for a lawyer and have some left over for vet costs

Here's a picture of my girl. if anyone can help that would be great but its ok if you cant help monitaraly. if you could please reblog this . the reason for this post is so i can hopefully raise up the money before the 8th so i dont have to worry about trying to scramble to get the funds.

Cashapp is preferred but i can provide venmo or paypal upon dm if cashapp isnt a viable option for you.

Cashapp: $underworldwitxh

$0/$2,110

#rising funds for vet costs #service dog in training vet costs #making sure my stid is utd and healthy #service dog in training #slumlord landlord #ada violation landlord

[expressionbean]

if my dog could talk it'd be like this:

my dog: hey owner

me:

my dog: lay down!!!

me: k but-

my dog, putting his full weight on me: you are Laying Down Right Now

#theo.txt #fun munday fact i was training him to be a psychiatric service dog until i tore my MCL #so i ended up with a dog perfectly capable of doing the medical tasks #but not very good at public access #so #he alerts me whenever i'm distressed #or dissociating #but i don't think i was either of those this time so i have no idea why he made me lay down #idk guess he noticed something i didn't #fun fact number two under the ADA you can train your own service animal which is great because that saved me like $10k #tw dogs #dogs tw

[fayeandknight]

One of things I try to be really cognizant of when doing public access training with Forte is confidence. And more specifically not becoming suspicious in already stimulating environments. It's something I knew I would need to include in my training plans due to his breed and the nature of some of his tasks.

Forte is very friendly for a Belgian but he's also still a Belgian and a teenaged one at that. So a staple of our training is playing look at that look at me games and just learning to chill in various environments.

I'd say Forte is about 75% confident at the mall at this point. He doesn't pull when we are walking but does sometimes drift little farther ahead of me than I'd prefer. And when we stop he does have a tendency to people watch. He doesn't hard stare at people but I feel like it could become that without mindful training.

My own feelings about the mega mall aside, I do actually like it as a place to train for us. It's busy with all kinds of people, there are lots of novel noises, several arcade type places, etc. It also has a lot of large alcoves with seating and only one or two store fronts. So we can have distance from the main thoroughfare while still being able to experience the mall.

Lately I've been using an alcove that faces the elevator banks. We're well out of anyone's way and have plenty of room to play/practice basic obedience. Then we sit and Forte is allowed to take in the environment while being rewarded for settling and checking in with me.

It usually takes him about 10 minutes to go from being in a down to being actually settled. Once he's actually settled I'll do maybe two to three minutes of task training behavior interruptions, then we leave. I'm trying not to have him do any crowd control tasks in the mall yet. Because I don't want to accidentally tip him from observant to suspicious.

He does crowd control in the form of blocking just fine at the grocery store and smaller shops. But I want him more at ease in the mall before I add that into the mix.

Anyway I'm so proud of him, slowly but surely we are coming along.

#dogblr #forte #belgian tervuren #service dog in training #sdit #service dog #public access training #he's in front of a wall with a poster in case anyone was curious #not a real carousel #slow is fast #i am hyper aware of Forte's body language #so I'm constantly fine tuning our training to make sure I'm giving him opportunities to have fun and process the environment #technically i could claim him as a fully trained service dog #he knows and reliably performs tasks that mitigate my disability #he is not disruptive #and is fully potty trained/doesn't mark or go where he shouldn't #but like many handlers #my standards are higher than whats in the ADA #and it's so important to me that he's comfortable and enjoying the training/work

[blue-theservicedog]

*shouts from the rooftops* There are two questions in the USA that are not only legal but ENCOURAGED to ask if you are a non-pet-friendly location and someone brings a dog and you can legally kick out any animal that is not a service animal, whose handlers cannot answer those two questions, and in fact you can kick out an actual service animal if they’re having an off day or are unwell and their behavior is disruptive or unsafe (although in my experience usually proper SD handlers will remove themselves from the situation as soon as they realize)! So DO IT!

#ugh I’m sick of seeing my friends post about how they almost got attacked by fakes #and then the managers at whatever location telling them there’s nothing they can do #there IS there IS something you can do #and it is your OBLIGATION to do it! #I hate that it’s either ‘even a proper service animal gets kicked out (against the ADA)’ #or ‘we let all dogs in even though we’re not pet friendly’ (often a health code violation) #(as well as. obviously. being dangerous to service animals) #GAH #just follow the dadgum LAW people

[seachanqe]

For people with any sort of disability, is it bad form that my friend is calling her dog a service dog when I don't think it got the extensive training it needs to be considered one? Because she's complaining she didn't get an upgraded hotel room and a dog fee but I'm fairly certain her dog is more of an emotional support animal and wouldn't actually qualify under the ADA.

#so I'm seriously asking #i know i could be super wrong about this! #or is the general thought that if a person is using an animal to help cope that it should be considered a service dog and should qualify #under the ADA even if the law currently doesn't say that

[caterpillarinacave]

Let’s say it again slowly: you can’t pick and choose what animals are allowed into a food establishment

#You can’t refuse service animals #And you also can’t allow ESAs #Becuase let’s say it slowly #ESA have no training standard #ADA #SD #ESA #service dog #service dogs #The laws are pretty clear dudes #🐛rambles

[capableism]

What the ADA really thinks about service dogs

What are some differences between humans and animals? The scientific  community would answer intelligence or behavior. Humans are civil and part of  what Peter Singer calls a "moral community." We have rules, while animals have  natural selection. Even though it is proven, all animals have "cognitive empathy"  and adjust to different needs in their community. Humans are self-centered and  instinctively want to categorize things as part of early cognitive development.  Piaget's theory describes this categorization as Schema. It is a natural way to  learn. 

Children are curious. Someone with a visible disability may be challenging  to understand because they can't immediately identify and categorize us.  

Animals and people can learn to adjust according to De Waal's research. Living beings have the instinct to protect their own for the survival of their  species. Humans dominate the planet, but that doesn't negate other species'  intelligence or needs. Studies of animals and disability converge when  discussing the issues of service animals.

 Politics define animals as "equipment" that has functions and not feelings. They serve to perform tasks. The law  separates humans and animals by ignoring natural emotional interactions  between humans and animals. Reasons that people need a service animal  varies. The fundamental reason is to help them be "more productive members of  society" (Oliver, 111). This belief that disabled people inherently make lesser  contributions to society is ableist. It extends the thought that disabled people  cannot just be an equal part of society. In the hierarchy of  disability, there is a line drawn between what an "acceptable disabled person  can do." Those with severe conditions are closer to animals that humans "mercy  kill" Severe disabilities render a human less valuable.

A service dog can be a tool to lessen the burden of disability on society. "The  fact that service dogs are seen to provide independence for the people they  serve shows that we discount our dependency on non-human animals." (Oliver,  113) 

The rise of emotional support animals demonstrates that humans need  animals beyond functionality. The ADA does not recognize emotional support  animals like service dogs. "We built walls and fences, corrals and cages not only  to regulate their (animal's) physical proximity but also, and moreover, to keep  them out of our moral community." (Oliver, 117) This question of morality and  ethics surfaces in animal and disability rights. Disability rights are human rights.  

Animals are living creatures that share the planet and ethically deserve respect. Otherwise, humans would be "animals" crossing a line. According to De Waal's theory of learned adjustment, "it could go in multiple directions– if animals learn  another animal is vulnerable, they might take advantage of her, abandon her,  help her or accept her" (Taylor, 17). I believe humans are as capable as any other animal of choosing among available options. Morally we have the option to be good or bad. Humans "discount" animal connection possibly to maintain lines and categories where everything fits.

When something is unfamiliar, we can either reject it or learn from it. Studies between humans and animals are separate because we're not "one of those" animals. But the same logic of morality and ethics influences the politics of human life.

Sources

Taylor, C. (2020). Animal crips. In S. Jenkins & K. S. Montford (Eds.), Disability and animality:rip perspective in critical animal studies (pp. 13-34). Academia. https://www.academia.edu/45026461/Disability_and_Animality_Crip_Perspectives_in_Critical_Animal_Studies?auto=citations&from=cover_page

Oliver, K. (2020). Service dogs: between animal and disabilities studies. In S. Jenkins & K. S. Montford (Eds.), Disability and animality:crip perspective in critical animal studies (pp. 13-34). Academia. https://www.academia.edu/45026461/Disability_and_Animality_Crip_Perspectives_in_Critical_Animal_Studies?auto=citations&from=cover_page

#service dog #Ada #animal studies #disability studies #emotional support #emotional support animal #pet owners #disability community #service animal #disability laws #disability politics #mobility aid #disabled independence #bonding #interdependence #animal rights #animal regulation #americans with disabilities act #learned adjustment #cognitive empathy

[chamomile-coated-cat]

Question of the day :

How to train a dog to be a service dog when your apartment only allows two pets (and you've already met that limit with cats) and the size of the dog you need exceeds the size limit, all the while service dogs in training aren't protect by ADA or the FHA?

#service dog #service animals #actually disabled #disability problems #disabled problems #invisible disability #pots #pots syndrome #ableism #fibro tag #fibromyalgia #ada #americans with disabilities act #fha #fair housing #fair housing act #disabilties #disabiled questions #disability questions #service dog training #service dog in training #service dog community #disabled community

[kaoticspoonie]

Researching all the farmers markets near me.. and I'm dying over the ones that mark gender neutral bathrooms when I know they just have portapotty.

#looking for accessibility features.. a lot dont mention if they r dog friendly or service dog friendly #and some are at churches so dont have to abide by the ada