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What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals, and Assistance Animals

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This is the second blog post in our new series on Assistance Animals, Service Animals, and Emotional Support Animals. See the first post here. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for blog posts addressing unique questions and...more

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Peacocks in Class? Not Quite. What IHEs Need to Know about Service and Emotional Support Animals

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​​​​​​​Fall has arrived and the academic year has kicked off for a majority of institutions of higher education (IHEs). In addition to the normal considerations for onboarding new students and faculty, IHEs will likely...more

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Web Exclusive: Emotional Rescue? Emotional Support Animals In Schools

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Just when private schools were becoming relatively knowledgeable about their obligation to allow a disabled student’s service animal on their premises, they started getting requests from employees to have their emotional...more

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Campus Companions: How To Handle Requests For Service And Assistance Animals

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School officials often receive requests from students with disabilities to bring “service animals” and “assistance animals” on campus as an accommodation. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the...more

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DOJ and Kent State University reach $145,000 Fair Housing settlement

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Kent State University (KSU) settled claims of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) related to the use of emotional support animals in university housing....more

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DOJ Issues FAQs on Service Animals

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance yesterday regarding the applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to service animals. The new guidance underscores the DOJ’s 2010 revisions to the ADA...more

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