[Oagdu] Fwd: Forms

[Abigail Bolling]

Do you all think that this is a reasonable breakdown of how these two 
forms are unreasonable?
I want to receive more opinions and someone to help me edit this request 
before I send it off to ODS.

Thanks,

Abby and Cricket


Objections to forms:
Service animal rules:
1. illegal things are being asked.
Examples:
(E)
The student is responsible for assuring that the
Animal
does not unduly interfere
with the routine activities of the residence or cause difficulties for 
students who reside
there. Sensitivity to residents with allergies and to those who fear 
animals is
important
to ensure the peace of the residential community.
Disability Services and Residence
Life & Housing will work with students in situations where an 
accommodation for an
Animal negatively impacts another student covered by the Americans with 
Disabilities
Act. Housing relocation may be utilized to
resolve such conflicts.


(J)
Residence Life
& Housing
has the authority to relocate a student and the
Animal
as
necessary
per current contractual agreements.

The law states that neither fear, nor allergy is not an acceptable 
reason to not allow a service animal to be in a residence.

There are three places in this document that state that the person with 
disabilities must submit a request to have their service animal in 
housing as shown here:

(G)
The student must notify Residence Life
& Housing
and Disability Services in writing
if the
Animal
is no longer needed as a
service animal
or is no longer in residence. To
replace one
Animal
with a different
Animal
, the student must file a new request.

By law, a person with a disability who utilizes a service animal is not 
required to give any notice that they use the service animal.

This policy is unnecessary because the ADA already covers the fact that 
the handler is responsible for the control, behavior, clean up, and 
financial responsibilities related to the service animal. The ADA also 
states that the handler can be asked to remove the service animal from 
the premises if the animal is being unruly or is out of control and the 
handler is NOT doing anything to get the animal back under their control.


If, this form is being required because the university is allowing ESA 
animals on campus, then people with service dogs should be made aware of 
this document. The document should not be a "contract," but should be a 
policy that is given to each student who either is registered with the 
Office of Disability Services, or, just the students with either a 
service animal or ESA.
Request for housing accommodations:
people with permanent disabilities being required to fill this out once 
a year is unreasonable.
The requirements for having to fill out the form and subsequently have 
the doctor fill out the form should be:
1: the disability changes: Another disability is diagnosed or worsens, 
or if the disability is "cured" or becomes resolved in any way.

2: if the student in question does not require any of the listed 
accommodations on the form, they should not have to have this filled out 
each year.

Every student that is registered with the Office of Disability services 
is required to have a documented disability on file, and a form signed 
by their doctor confirming this disability.
to require subsequent information confirming a permanent disability 
would then be redundant.

For more information about the laws protecting service animals, see: 
www.nagdu.org

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Forms
Date: 	Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:54:12 +0000
From: 	Bonza, Angela Marie <angela.bonza at wright.edu>
To: 	Bolling, Abigail Marie <bolling.8 at wright.edu>



Abby,

Please complete the two attached forms.

Thanks,

Angie

Angela Bonza, MRC, ATP, GCDF

Vocational Support Coordinator

Office of Disability Services

Wright State University

937.775.5680

937.775.5699 (FAX)

937.775.5844 (TTY)

http://www.wright.edu/disability-services 
<http://www.wright.edu/disability-services/community/employability>

Wright State University

180 University Hall

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy

Dayton, Ohio 45435

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