SERVICE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS
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ADA National Network Service Animal Resources
Includes FAQs about service animals and the ADA.
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ADA Requirements: Service Animals
This publication provides guidance on the term “service animal” and the service animal provisions in the US Department of Justice regulations.
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Americans with Disabilities Act Title II and Title III Revised Regulations Fact Sheet Series – Service Animals
The Department of Justice has issued revised ADA Title II (state and local government programs) and Title III (private businesses, a.k.a. places of public accommodation) regulations which took effect March 15, 2011. These regulations revise the definition of service animal and add additional provisions.
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Fair Housing Information Sheet # 6: Right To Emotional Support Animals In "No Pet" Housing
A fact sheet from the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADA
A publication from the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section.
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Guide Dog Users Inc., (GDUI)
"The leading consumer-driven organization of guide dog handlers in the world. GDUI is an affiliate of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and is a founding member of the Coalition of Assistance Dog Organizations (CADO)."
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Guide Dogs for the Blind
Offer guide dogs and training free-of-charge to blind and visually impaired people throughout the US and Canada.
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Paws With a Cause
Paws With A Cause enhances the independence and quality of life for people with disabilities nationally through custom-trained Assistance Dogs. PAWS increases awareness of the rights and roles of Assistance Dog Teams through education and advocacy.
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Pet Partners (formerly the Delta Society)
Improving lives through positive human-animal interactions.
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Pets in Condos: New HUD Rules Regarding Training Emotional Support Animals
New HUD rules strike down Emotional Support Animal (ESA) training provisions.
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Service Animal Resource Hub
The topic of service animals is complex. We’ve created this page to help provide some clarity. It is broken up into nine different sections addressing specific issues related to service animals.
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Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals: Where are they allowed and under what conditions?
This guide provides an overview of how major federal civil rights govern the rights of a person requiring a service animal.
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Service Animals & the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Infographic outlining the differences between service and emotional support animal, what a service animal can/cannot do, and what people can/cannot ask with regards to a service animal.
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Service Dog Central
A community of service dog partners and trainers working together to bring you our combined knowledge about service dogs. Our goal is to bring you the latest, most accurate, most useful information about service dogs available anywhere.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) April 2013 Notice Related to Housing and Service Animals
April 2013 notice pertaining to service animals and assistance animals for people with disabilities in housing and HUD-funded programs.
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U.S. Department of Transportation Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel
Information from the U.S. Department of Transportation about air travel. This includes a form for making complaints about disability related discrimination under the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986
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You and Your Service Animal – from the West Virginia Assistive Technology System (WVATS)
This information was adapted by WVATS from the Department of Justice and other sources to provide an easy reference to service animal information. - See more at: http://www.wvats.cedwvu.org/service-animals/#sthash.bphecILD.dpuf