Mr. Kanaby, While that is true, at this time, campus housing falls under FHA. That means that we must acknowledge that (emotional) assistance animals are a reasonable accommodation, with a letter from a physician. Assistance animals may be untrained and do not necessarily have to be a dog. This should be interesting.
Nicole Megale Controller Nicole Megale Adrian College Controller (517) 264-3850 Direct (517) 264-3856 Fax [email protected] On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Kanaby, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > 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] > <[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> or > 607-255-6837. > > 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] > <[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> or > 607-255-6837. > >
