Help Us Reach Our Goal of 5 Million Signatures to Change Law Before March 15, 2011 Comes into Effect!
Definition of "Service Animal" was changed in the USA on July 23, 2010 by General Eric Holder who signed final regulations revising the US Department’s ADA regulations, including its ADA Standards for Accessible Design. The official text was published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2010 and will come into effect in less than six months on March 15, 2011.
Revisions on how a service animal shall be defined in the USA as of March 15, 2011 includes:
The government has defined a “Service Animal" as any dog that is individually trained to provide assistance or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.
However all other species of other animals regardless of domestic species, training are no longer to be considered a service animal under the purposes of this new service animal definition.
Many oppose this new accessibility law because it discriminates against people with disabilities including:
- People with disabilities that have dog-allergies
- People with psychological disabilities that use an animal other than a therapy dog.
- War veterans and others with paralysis who cannot use their hands, and who need service monkeys to provide them with assistance in their daily activities.
Revisions on how a service animal shall be defined in the USA as of March 15, 2011 includes:
The government has defined a “Service Animal" as any dog that is individually trained to provide assistance or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.
However all other species of other animals regardless of domestic species, training are no longer to be considered a service animal under the purposes of this new service animal definition.
Many oppose this new accessibility law because it discriminates against people with disabilities including:
- People with disabilities that have dog-allergies
- People with psychological disabilities that use an animal other than a therapy dog.
- War veterans and others with paralysis who cannot use their hands, and who need service monkeys to provide them with assistance in their daily activities.
This law is no different than if it proclaimed that all wheelchairs will no longer be permitted in public places as of March 15, 2011 and for people that use them to make alternate arrangements for their freedom of mobility.
Please raise your voice and sign the petition as this law is duplicitous!
Please raise your voice and sign the petition as this law is duplicitous!
On the one hand it proclaims to be promoting accessibility and the rights of people with disabilities to use service animals - yet on the other hand it manifests discrimination against specific categories of disabilities - the very tenets this law is supposed to uphold and protect!
To help promote and protect the rights of all people with disabilities that use a service animal other than a guide dog - and to help change this law please sign the petition (see link below) and also share it with your other contacts.
To help promote and protect the rights of all people with disabilities that use a service animal other than a guide dog - and to help change this law please sign the petition (see link below) and also share it with your other contacts.
Our goal is to have a minimum of 5 Million Votes before March 15, 2011!!!
People with disabilities that currently own service animals like Helper Monkeys, Miniature Seeing Eye Guide Horses, and other certified and trained service animals are depending on your support. They are distraught and concerned because the looming new law is threatening to take away their independence.
Thank you in advance for your support!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/Save-Our-Service-Animals-non-disabled/
People with disabilities that currently own service animals like Helper Monkeys, Miniature Seeing Eye Guide Horses, and other certified and trained service animals are depending on your support. They are distraught and concerned because the looming new law is threatening to take away their independence.
Thank you in advance for your support!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/Save-Our-Service-Animals-non-disabled/
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