[nagdu] Guide Dogs at School

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Thank you Tami,



Fidelco will be training me with the dog on campus. So, I will get to spend 
part of my winter vacation at school in the dorms getting trained with my 
new dog. Despite some strange language in there regulations, Suffolk 
University has been quite accommodating.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide Dogs at School


> Congratulations, Mark!
>
> I've pondered through the excerpts and your questions a few times now and 
> am still unclear on answers to most of them. I'm sure there are others who 
> know about  the campus ond on-campus housing aspects of guide dog access, 
> so I will learn from what they say. /smile/
>
> I guess the requirement for a letter about the dog's training would be for 
> an owner-trainer of a service dog who would not then have documentation 
> from a guide dog program -- such as you will have -- or a professional 
> trainer. I find myself wondering what that letter would entail... If I 
> wanted to go there with my guide dog, then, would I just have to write a 
> letter documenting my dog's training as in: My dog is trained. Or would 
> they want more detail? I'm more just wondering out of curiosity, though. 
> /smile/
>
> Anyway, best of luck a Fidelco and in returning to school with your new 
> partner.
>
> Tami
>
> On 12/06/2011 05:36 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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