Pros And Cons Of Regulated Emotional Support Animals

I live on campus, in the Commons, and I have a puppy! Because students with physical or mental disabilities are allowed to have an emotional support animal, my puppy is allowed to live with me on campus. Emotional support animals are an amazing and beneficial accommodation to people with disabilities, but they could be just as helpful to regular students as well. All students living on college campuses should be allowed, if they choose, to have an animal because of the emotional support, responsibility, and health benefits that pets provide.

In the field of therapy, there are numerous of therapy available out there for different type of individuals and situations as well. There is one type of therapy that usually contains people and animal, it is animal-assisted therapy is a therapeutic approach that brings animals and individuals with physical and/or emotional needs together to perform the therapy. Animal-assisted therapy tend to be focused on individuals either children or elderly for them to be able to connect with the animal thus feeling comfortable talking with the therapist. Pet therapy works for all ages, whether sick or not (Lanchnit, 2011). Although, this paper, most of the focus is on animal-assisted therapy towards children using dogs.

Emotional support animals have way less rights than service animals. Emotional support animals are still often considered just pets making them not allowed in most public places with their owner, despite their importance. This is not to say that they are given no rights, there are still laws protecting them and ensuring that people can keep access to their emotional support animals. One of the main rights given to people with these

When it comes to animals, everyone seems to have an opinion. Some love them, some hate them. Some believe that animals feel and experience authentic emotions, while others believe that they do not have the capability to do so. A lack of belief in the existence of emotions in animals is often used to justify wrongful treatment. Are some animals more aware of feelings than others? These questions and more demand answers. Animals definitely have emotions, and because of this we must rethink many of our modern practices.

Why Service Animals Should Be Covered By Insurance Service animals are medical necessities that should be provided to the people that need them, regardless of cost. Service animals, usually dogs, treat many illnesses and disabilities, both physical and mental. Some of the disabilities these animals assist with include epilepsy, P(ost)T(raumatic)S(tress)D(isorder), assisting the blind and/or deaf, autism, and many more. However, in order to do these things, these animals have to go through hundreds, if not thousands of hours of training in order to perform just one of the many tasks that they have to do everyday, such as standing still and focused at a restaurant, even with people everywhere and food on the floor. This training costs thousands of dollars, and some people can’t afford it.

Specifications for service dog accommodations for students will be written into an IEP or 504 Plan. For students in need of a service dog accommodation who do not have a current IEP or 504 Plan, the parent(s) may call the school to request a meeting to convene the IEP/504 team in order to determine which document would be most appropriate for the student. If a student has a current IEP or 504 Plan and requires a service dog accommodation, the parent(s) of the student may request that an addendum be written to add the accommodation to the IEP or 504 Plan.

Under the ADA's revised regulations, our company does not discriminate against people with service animals, but in order to be able to use a service animal at the company there are rules. Even though documentation that the service animal is trained is not a necessary we will make sure that the animal is trained in the task that helps his owner with their disability.

To get an emotional support animal, you have to check with your physician to consider the option of proving verifiable disability, as stated by law. Your doctor or medical professional will give a statement or a certificate, which will mention the concerned disability and the need for emotional support animal, which will offer therapeutic care and healing. However, the animal isn't treated a service animal and therefore, there is no need for any formal training to become an emotional support animal. In fact, all domesticated animals, including rodents, birds, reptiles, cats and dogs, can become an ESA.

Is there an identifiable and documented nexus between the disability and the assistance that the animal provides? If so, please describe.

Weinmeyer said that, “In countering the claim of discrimination, the VA argued that not providing service dog benefits for those with mental illness did not violate the Rehabilitation Act quite the opposite, in fact” (2). “The VA stated that it provides benefits not for particular conditions but for particular purposes,” which is, “to help a veteran manage a visual impairment, a hearing impairment, or a chronic impairment that substantially limits mobility,” and that all veterans receive equal consideration for service dog benefits” (Weinmeyer 2).

While the use of service dogs, therapy dogs and emotional support animal is legitimate for people that have disabilities, many people abuse and fake their pets as service animals. In his Psychology today article, “Service Animal Scams: A Growing Problem,” author Hal Herzog Ph.D. explains how a growing number of Americans are faking their pets as service dogs. Herzog reports, “the present system governing the status of service animals is rife with abuse” and blasts The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Air Carrier Access Act for its loopholes. For example, if a person has a service dog, the ADA prohibits questions that involve the person’s disability, including documentation. Another issue is that the Air Carrier Access Act “gives legal

I was driving in this morning and saw this guest with a dog. I went and told them we do not accept pets and I gave him an option to either check out or remove his pets from the room and Mr. Buckley stated that his dogs were service animals to comfort his wife and he also stated that he has a certification and a doctor's report. I basically tried to educate him and showed him paperwork that was printed out from ADA website as well as Florida Statues 413.08 that tells about Service animal vs emotional support animals ADA does not support emotional animals as a service animals I was told by the ADA agent that it's never about person sickness it's always about animal what that animal is capable of doing. The guest did not have a physical

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 opened the gateway to service animals being used. The ADA helps the individuals with

For those with real and severe psychiatric needs, emotional support animals provide a calming presence to the stresses of travel. A passenger simply needs to provide a signed letter from a licensed mental health professional. Even though the research has not fully proven the benefit of support animals, these passengers have a legitimate need that appears to be filled by the pet. Others are not as truthful. Since emotional support animals fly free, many people are dishonest about the purpose of their pets. Due to the ease at which a person can forge medical notes, more people have joined the emotional support bandwagon. The result is a free ride next to their pet, but it comes at the expense of other

In order to be an effective counselor one has have sharp cognitive abilities as well as other personal characteristics. In the case of animal-assisted therapy, the ability of being deeply knowledgeable about animal behavior and an animal lover helps facilitate the therapeutic relationship. The therapist must also be open-minded, honest, respectful, and have a sincere interest in the welfare of others. They also have to be good listeners, empathic, maintain healthy boundaries and good ethics.