[nagdu] Guide Dogs at School

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Thank you for the well wishes with the new dog.



Got to love January in Boston. We got mountains of snow last year, it was so 
bad that there were snow banks taller than me along the sides of the road 
and sidewalks were like canyons. I am 6ft tall, and, I couldn't touch the 
tops of some of the snow banks with my cane. I hope this year is not as bad.



Other places around the country get far more snow than we do, but the cities 
are far more modern and can handle it. In Boston, especially ware I live on 
beak in hill the streets are old cow paths that were covered in cobble 
stones, and later paved. In fact, some of them are still cobble stone.



Winter is always an experience hear in the hart of Boston.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs at School


> Mark,
>
> All my best wishes with your new dog!  I don't think I'd be brave enough 
> to learn a new dog in January.
>
> I honestly don't know the answers to all your questions.  It seems that 
> there are several laws that would apply to various parts of the 
> educational experience.  The FHA probably applies to the dormitory, but 
> perhaps not because it is limited to only students.  I'll e interested to 
> read others responses.  Accommodations regarding the in class educational 
> experience would fall under a different law, probably the ADA.  Visitors 
> to the campus would be subject to the ADA and the college's request for 
> documentation from visitors is most definitely not appropriate or legal.
>
> Julie
>
>
> On 12/6/2011 7:36 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>>
>>
>> Due to the recent discussion about reasonable accommodations I thought I 
>> would ask the list's thoughts on a recent discussion I have just had with 
>> my schools ODS office.
>>
>>
>>
>> Although I haven't posted on this list in a long time, as many of you may 
>> know, I was considering getting a guyed dog. Well, I have finely been 
>> accepted, and I will be receiving a dog from Fidelco on January 3. 
>> Because I live in the dorms on campus, I informed the Suffolk ODS office 
>> about my getting a guide dog. And, hear is a few excerpts from there 
>> service dog policy. For the entire policy you can visit 
>> http://www.suffolk.edu/studenthandbooks/47571.html.
>>
>>
>>
>> Requirements of Service Animals and Their Partners
>>
>> Training: To be present on campus, a service animal must be specifically 
>> trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with 
>> a disability.(no problem so far) Evidence of successful completion of a 
>> recognized licensing or certification program for service animals, or a 
>> letter documenting the training, is required. (What does that mean?) A 
>> copy of the proof of certification should be filed with the Disability 
>> Services Office (for CAS and SBS students), the Dean of Students Office 
>> (for Law Students) or Human Resources Office (for 
>> faculty/staff/administrators). Visitors or guests may be required to 
>> provide documentation to the Suffolk University Police Department.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am not a lawyer, but does that line up with the ADA?
>>
>>
>>
>> Note - Suffolk University will consider, on a case-by-case basis, 
>> requests by students who reside in residence halls for a service animal, 
>> including a dog or other animal, to reside in the residence hall. Please 
>> direct such requests to the Office of Disability Services at least 30 
>> days prior to the date the animal is expected to be in residence.
>>
>>
>>
>> This sounds like they want the authority to refuse acksess to some 
>> service animals that don't meet with the ODS stamp of approval.
>>
>>
>>
>> On a different note, is on campus housing at a college covered under the 
>> ADA, or the fare housing acksess act, or some other law I don't know 
>> about?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark J. Cadigan
>> Electrical Engineering Department
>> Suffolk University
>> kramc11 at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
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