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Service Animals. The ADA explains what businesses and state/local governments must do to make sure that they do not discriminate against a member of the public with a disability who uses a service animal.
This publication provides guidance on the ADA’s service animal provisions and should be read in conjunction with the publication ADA Revised Requirements: Service Animals.
Beginning on March 15, 2011, only dogs are recognized as service animals under titles II and III of the ADA. A service animal is a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability.
What is a service animal? According to Title II and III of the ADA, a service animal is any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability.
Individuals with disabilities may use service animals and emotional support animals for a variety of reasons. This guide provides an overview of how major Federal civil rights laws govern the rights of a person requiring a service animal.
A service animal is any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not considered service animals.
Service animals are working animals that have been trained to perform tasks that assist disabled people. Service animals may also be referred to as assistance animals or helper animals depending on the country and the animal's function.
The ASPCA supports the use of appropriate, humanely trained, well-cared-for and professionally evaluated domestic service animals to assist people who have disabilities and seeks to ensure that individuals with disabilities can use their service animals where needed.
Service animals can be specially trained to help make life easier for those who suffer from autism in many different ways. Service animals help increase a person’s safety and sense of security through their presence and the actions they can take on behalf of their handler.
Service animals must be individually trained to perform active work or tasks for an individual with a disability, and animals that provide emotional support or comfort through their presence alone are not considered service animals.