One of the most interesting things I found in my research was the following, not a university policy, but relevant information on service animals.
A service animal is considered to be a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to sounds, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items. “Comforting" or "giving love", although clinically proven to be beneficial for people, is not acknowledged as a trained "task". Michael Kanaby Interim Campus Administrator From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole Megale Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [acupa-l] Service Animals and Reasonable Accommodations Good afternoon. Does anyone have sample policies, that they would be willing to share, regarding service animals (including those for emotional support)? We seem to have more and more students making requests for such animals and I would like to revamp our current policy a bit. Thank you in advance. Nicole Megale Adrian College Controller (517) 264-3850 Direct (517) 264-3856 Fax [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE list of members. If you do NOT want to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual who initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to the following website and complete the form. We will remove you from the list within 24 hours, during normal business hours. http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html If you have questions about the ACUPA e-list, please contact Jamie Parris at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> or 607-255-6837.
