[nagdu] ADA

Bridget Walker bridgetawalker13 at aol.com
Tue Apr 14 03:36:27 UTC 2015


Hi all,
I have found this to be a problem for quite some time. If you google service dogs on college campuses you will see all of these guidelines which are 100% out of compliance with the ADA.
I have only visited one university open to learning about the difference between service dogs and emotional support dogs. The rest take from one another and do what they think is right. Most times it is wrong. Let me give you an example. 
This semester I am taking a science class. The science was not originally set up to have a lab attached. The professor added it without checking with the college. When I was not getting my needs met in the course from the professor I had to speak to different individuals until I found myself in front of two deans and the head of disability services. I stated my case regarding equal access and they replied with your guide dog can not be with you in your class because it is a lab. They said it was a safety risk. They said I would either have to drop the class or take an independent study which was not a sure option.  
I replied with, do you allow any student to enter this lab? Can any professor enter this lab? Can any visiter who comes to the college enter this lab on a tore? The administrators said yes. I said then guess what, you are breaking a federal law by not providing me access to a classroom with my guide dog. If anyone is aloud so are we.
It took a lot to get them to comply and they still fall short. 
I do not believe they should have any atheist over service dogs. 
The only right I would give them is to know they can ask someone to remove their dog if it acts inappropriately. So what would be that standard? 
Bridget

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> On Apr 13, 27 Heisei, at 8:01 PM, Ashley Coleman via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> This afternoon I was researching disability services in community colleges
> in North Carolina for a project I'm working on. I noticed that BCC has a
> clause in their disability handbook that I find interesting. It states:
> "BCC has the right to request certification for support animals that
> documents an animal is properly trained as a service animal. The
> certification must come from an organization that trains service animals. It
> must contain a doctor's statement explaining why the service animal is
> needed. It must also contain a certification of health from a veterinarian.
> Accommodations are made on an individual basis."
> 
> I'm not the best person to ask about the ADA, so I decided to bring this to
> you all. This doesn't seem right to me. This feels wrong. Am I right? Should
> this be changed?
> 
> Thoughts anyone? 
> 
> -- 
> Thank you
> Ashley Coleman
> Blinkie Chicks: Social Media Manager
> http://www.blinkiechicks.com/ 
> 
> 
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