[nagdu] Article: Lawsuit raises questions about therapy dogs at colleges

[Julie J.]

Interesting, very, very interesting.  This is the college I graduated 
from in 1999.  There was a student with a guide dog who lived in the 
dormitory, which is different than what they are talking about in the 
article.  Anyway, I know the student housing they are talking about, I 
think.  they are like little one person apartments.  the entrances open 
to the outside and to the best of my memory there are no common areas.  
Of course they could have added on since I was there.  They do enough 
fund raising, they should have enough money for it by now.

I think the woman should have her dog.  I am utterly appalled at the 
level of intrusiveness the college thinks is appropriate documentation.  
I also don't think that just because a dog was a family pet and is now 
needed for emotional support in an apartment makes it illegitimate.  I 
think the opposite is true.  If the person had the dog at home, why 
wouldn't they need it in their apartment?  It's obvious the college 
hasn't a clue about the differences between an emotional support dog and 
a service dog and what the ADA actually says.  They require all that 
documentation and certification and then have the audacity to say they 
are following the ADA.  It'd be laughable if it wasn't so horrid.

Julie