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Originally Posted by ritaman1 [url] http://www.iaadp.org/CADO_Advocacy.html
The Department of Justice tells businesses to view dogs with such training as mobility aids, a form of assistive technology similar to equipment like a wheelchair, an assistive listening device or a blind person's white cane.
Unfortunately, some individuals are interpreting the regulatory language on service animals in ways which distort the intent of Congress in granting access rights to citizens who have a disability. They appear to view this civil rights legislation as a clever legal loophole allowing them to escape zoning restrictions, the payment of pet deposits, shipping fees or as a way to get around other ordinances or rules about pets, barnyard animals and protection dogs. Most of them seem unaware of ADA's requirement for disability mitigating task training or view it as a mere technicality to be ignored with impunity.
I am extremely familiar with the ADA – it is despicable someone would take advantage of this system just because you want to take your dogs everywhere with you. |
I respect the ADA and CADO. Their work is wonderful and has allowed the disabled in our society the opportunity to live a more normal life. They have broadened the scope of the definition to allow even more people who suffer everyday from an inability to live normally to have a chance to do just that. To impugn the integrity of someone you feel is "less disabled" than another is what I have trouble with. Who are we to judge unless we live with the disability. As long as a person suffers such that they cannot live their lives "normally" everyday then they are
truly disabled and deserve every opportunity to allow them the chance to achieve as normal a life as possible.