服务及援助动物

学生和游客服务动物政策

Service animals are animals trained to assist individuals with disabilities in the activities of independent living.  Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a service animal means any dog or miniature horse that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, 或其他精神残疾.  No other species of animal may serve as a service animal. 服务性动物不是宠物. Service animals are not assistance animals: emotional support, therapy, or comfort animal. 

Federal law does not require the individual to provide documentation that the animal has been certified, 服务性动物:作为服务性动物训练或获得执照的. In making a decision whether to permit accompaniment of a service animal, the University shall not ask about the nature or extent of a person’s disability.  University officials may, however, ask these two questions: 

“这只动物是因为残疾才需要吗??" 
"What work or task the animal has been trained to perform?" 

While students and visitors are not required to notify university officials in order to have service animals on campus, SDS welcomes questions or conversation as needed about the best ways to provide access to students with service animals. Students living on campus with a service animal are required to notify SDS prior to move in.

An assistance animal, 也被称为同伴, therapy, comfort or emotional support animal (ESA)is an animal that provides emotional support which alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person’s disability. esa不是服务性动物, which are defined in and protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act. An assistance animal is prescribed to an individual with a disability by a healthcare or mental health professional. An assistance animals is typically considered in conjunction with access to university housing.

For more information regarding compliance, roles, and responsibilities visit the 学生援助动物政策.

请求援助动物

援助动物是通过 房屋及住宿流程 残疾学生服务. 

动物在校园里可以去哪里?
Service animals are generally permitted to accompany their handler/owner on all St. 爱德华的财产是公众的, participants in services, programs or activities, 或者被邀请的人可以去. This includes classrooms, dining halls, residence halls, etc. 
Assistance animals are typically only allowed in the student’s assigned housing unit and common use areas in and adjacent to the student’s assigned room, 如果他们经历了 房屋及住宿流程.  

Are faculty/staff allowed to ask an individual about their service animal’s purpose if one enters their office or classroom?
If there is a reason to question whether an animal accompanying a student to classrooms or offices is a service animal, 教师/员工可以问两个问题: 

• Is the dog a service animal required because of disability?  
• What work or task as the dog been trained to perform?  

工作人员不能询问一个人的残疾情况, 需要医疗证明, require a special identification card or training documentation for the dog, or ask that the dog demonstrate its ability to perform the work or task. 

What are some basic etiquette rules for approaching  service animals and their handlers?

• Do not feed or pet service animals when you see them on campus
• Do not try to separate handler from service animal 
• 不要骚扰或惊吓服务性动物

Under what circumstances can a service animal be asked to leave or not allowed to participate on campus?

• If a service animal is found to be disruptive in the classroom
• If a service animals shows aggression towards their handler or other members of campus or the community
• 如果服务性动物身体不适

What if a service animal, assistance animal or pet is behaving aggressively towards their handler or others?
Call the University Police Department at 512-448-8444.

What if another student (in housing or in class) or a faculty member has severe allergies to animal dander? 
The final determination regarding how to manage the situation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Please contact SDS for further information if a situation of this nature occurs.

辅助动物(i.e. emotional support, therapy, or comfort animals) considered service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
No.  These terms are used to describe animals that provide comfort just by being with a person.  Because they have not been trained to perform a specific job or task, they do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.  购买证书, vest or tag from an outside entity does not qualify your animal as a service animal or an approved assistance animal at St. Edward's University.