General

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An Assistance Animal (also sometimes referred to as an emotional support animal, therapy animal or comfort animal), is defined by the Fair Housing Act as an animal that provides emotional support or comfort that alleviates one or more symptoms of a person...

Only two questions can be asked to determine if a dog is a Service Animal:

• Is the dog a Service Animal required because of a disability?
• What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?

A service animal is not required to provide medical documentation...

A Service Animal is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability. For examples of these types of tasks please see Service and Assistance Animals...

An accommodation is a change, alteration or modification to a policy, practice or procedure (or to the way things are customarily done), that provides an equal opportunity to an individual with a disability. Examples of accommodations include, but are not...