[nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies

[Cindy Ray]

Isn't it the New Jersey Guide Dog Users?

CL

On May 16, 2013, at 7:18 AM, rhonda cruz <rhondaprincess at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi krystal,  that is the new journey guide dog users,
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> On May 15, 2013, at 7:14 AM, Christel Sogenbits wrote:
> 
>> Hey!
>> 
>> Maybe it is  a very stupid question but what is NJAGDU?
>> 
>> 
>> Tervitades / With greetings
>> Christel Sogenbits
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:51 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [nagdu] DOJ on service dogs and allergies
>> 
>> 
>> Trish Ebel posted this info to the NJAGDU list, and Marion asked that it be
>> forwarded here as well.
>> 
>> From: Njagdu [mailto:njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Trish Ebel
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:41 PM
>> To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: [Njagdu] Interesting information that may be helpful to someone.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   While working with one of the Bergen county school districts we came
>> across this problem, so I just wanted to share some helpful information.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a situation where one student is allergic to dogs and another uses a 
>> service dog, the student using the service animal should be accommodated. 
>> However, there needs to be some thought given to the student with allergies.
>> 
>> When they are in a class together, they should be spacially separated. Here 
>> is just such an idea from the Department of Justice's document, Revised ADA 
>> Requirements; Service Animals. This is in regard to the new regulations 
>> published in 2010.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> a.. Allergies and fear of dogs are not valid reasons for denying access or
>> 
>> refusing service to people using service animals. When a person who is 
>> allergic to dog dander and a person who uses a service animal must spend 
>> time in the same room or facility, for example, in a school classroom or at 
>> a homeless shelter, they both should be accommodated by assigning them, if 
>> possible, to different locations within the room or different rooms in the 
>> facility.
>> http://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm
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>> 
>> 
>> The Job Accommodation Network has suggestions for this kind of scenario in 
>> the workplace. Some of those ideas would not and cannot work in a school 
>> setting, but some of them might help to improve the situation. For example, 
>> perhaps a portable air purifier could be used in the class room and/or a 
>> HEPA filter could be used for the ventilation system for that room. Also, 
>> perhaps the student with the service animal could agree to use a dander 
>> control product from the veterinarian or local pet store. The school could 
>> also make for certain that the class room is cleaned regularly; dusted, 
>> vacuumed, floors washed, etc. Here is the link to the JAN document.
>> 
>> http://askjan.org/corner/vol02iss01.htm
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