Assistance Animals means and refers to animals that work, provide assistance, or perform tasks for the benefit of a Person With A Disability as well as animals that provide emotional support that alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person’s disability. Assistance Animals are not pets and are not subject to a housing provider’s pet policies. Service animals are one type of Assistance Animal. Assistance Animals include animals that are trained and untrained and include dogs and other animals.
Assistance Animals means accredited dogs or other animals that are trained to alleviate the effect of a disability, as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (noting that the courts have distinguished between comfort/companion/emotional support animals which by their mere presence may provide therapeutic benefits and/or alleviate stress or anxiety, whereas assistance animals are specifically trained to alleviate the effect of a disability. This definition only applies to the latter).
Assistance Animals means and refers to animals that work, provide
Examples of Assistance Animals in a sentence
Animals Animals (other than Assistance Animals) are not permitted in the Centre.
Assistance Animals may not be left overnight in University Housing to be cared for by any individual other than the Owner.
Assistance Animals are not allowed on the property unless written permission from the Landlord has first been issued.
Assistance Animals may not be left overnight in College Housing to be cared for by any individual other than the Owner.
I further recognize that the presence of the Assistance Animal may be noticed by others visiting or residing in University Housing and agree that staff may acknowledge the presence of the animal, and explain that under certain circumstances Assistance Animals are permitted for persons with disabilities.
More Definitions of Assistance Animals
Assistance Animals are a category of animals that may work, provide assistance, or perform physical tasks for an individual with a disability and/or provide necessary emotional support to an individual with a mental or psychiatric disability that alleviates one or more identified symptoms of an individual’s disability, but which are not considered Service Animals under the ADAAA and MCC’s Service Animal Policy. An Assistance Animal is not a pet. Some Assistance Animals are professionally trained, but in other cases Assistance Animals provide the necessary support to individuals with disabilities without any formal training or certification. Dogs are commonly used as Assistance Animals, but any animal may serve a person with a disability as an Assistance Animal. (It is important to note that animals that may be needed because of a disability may be identified by various names. For example, an individual may identify the animal as a companion animal, therapy animal, or emotional support animal.) The question in determining if an Assistance Animal will be allowed in College housing is whether or not the Assistance Animal is necessary because of the individual’s disability to afford the individual an equal opportunity to use and enjoy College housing and its presence in College housing is reasonable. However, even if the individual with a disability establishes necessity for an Assistance Animal and it is allowed in College housing, an Assistance Animal is not permitted in other areas of the College (e.g. dining facilities, libraries, academic buildings, athletic buildings and facilities, classrooms, labs, individual centers, etc.).
Assistance Animals are a category of animals that may work, provide assistance, or perform physical tasks, for an individual with a disability and/or provide necessary emotional support to an individual with a mental or psychiatric disability that alleviates one or more identified symptoms of an individual’s disability, but which are not considered Service Animals under the ADAAA. Some Assistance Animals are professionally trained, but in other cases Assistance Animals provide the necessary support to individuals with disabilities without any formal training or certification. Dogs are commonly used as Assistance Animals, but any animal may serve a person with a disability as an Assistance Animal.1 The question in determining if an Assistance Animal will be allowed in University housing is whether or not the Assistance Animal is necessary because of the individual’s disability to afford the individual an equal opportunity to use and enjoy University 1 It is important to note that animals that may be needed because of a disability may be identified by various names. For example, an individual may identify the animal as a companion animal, assistance animal, or emotional support animal. housing and its presence in University housing is reasonable. However, even if the individual with a disability establishes necessity for an Assistance Animal and it is allowed in University housing, an Assistance Animal is not permitted in other areas of the University (e.g. dining facilities, libraries, academic buildings, athletic building and facilities, classrooms, labs, individual centers, etc.).
Assistance Animals. “therapy animals”, “companion animals”, or “emotional support animals” is governed by reasonable accommodation law. Under both the Fair Housing Act and Section 504, in order for a requested accommodation to qualify as a reasonable accommodation, the requestor must have a disability, and the accommodation must be necessary to afford a person with a disability an equal opportunity to use and enjoy the dwelling. To show that a requested accommodation may be necessary, there must be an identifiable relationship, or nexus, between the requested accommodation and the person’s disability. “Request for Reasonable Accommodation” forms are available at the Housing Authority office.
Assistance Animals means assistance animals as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) that are trained to alleviate the effect of the disability (noting that the courts have distinguished between comfort/companion animals which by their mere presence may alleviate stress or anxiety and assistance animals which are specifically trained to alleviate the effect of a disability, and that this definition only applies to the later).
Assistance Animals means assistance animals that are trained to alleviate the effect of the disability, as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (noting that the courts have distinguished between comfort/companion animals which by their mere presence may alleviate stress or anxiety and assistance animals which are specifically trained to alleviate the effect of a disability, and that this definition only applies to the later).
Assistance Animals. Means and refers to animals that work, provide assistance, or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability as well as animals that provide emotional support that alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person’s disability. A service animal is one type of Assistance Animal. Assistance Animals include animals that are trained and untrained.
Assistance Animals means animals that provide emotional support or therapy which alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person's disability. Some, but not all, Assistance Animals are professionally trained, but in other cases Assistance Animals provide the necessary support to individuals with disabilities without any formal training or certification. The important consideration for the Disability Services Office and the NC State unit responsible for the university housing is whether or not the animal performs the assistance or provides the benefit needed as a reasonable accommodation by the person with the disability. Unlike a Service Animal, an Assistance Animal does not assist a person with a disability with activities of daily living, nor does it accompany a person with a disability at all times. Assistance Animals may be considered for access to university housing, however, they are not permitted in other areas of the university (e.g. libraries, academic buildings, classrooms, labs, student centers, etc.).