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</h2> <p>A service animal can be trained to perform many tasks for individuals with disabilities. </p> <p><a href="/factsheet/service-animals">Learn more.</a></p> </div> </li> <li> <div> <h2>Did you know? </h2> <p>Service animals must be allowed into emergency shelters and remain with their handlers.</p> <p><a href="/service-animal-resource-hub/emergencies">Read more information about service animals and emergency or homeless shelters</a>. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div> <h2>Did you know? </h2> <p>Other individuals’ allergies are not valid reasons for denying access or refusing service to individuals with service animals.</p> <p><a href="https://askjan.org/publications/consultants-corner/vol02iss01.cfm" target="_blank">Read about service animals and people with allergies in the workplace</a>. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div> <h2>Did you know? </h2> <p>Emotional Support Animals or comfort animals are not considered service animals under the ADA.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/supported_browsers?next_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVh-TwOXRKRk&amp;list=PL9ZKdHjRPF5877sVOXtGjWCY9KqoM9J-l&amp;index=9" target="_blank">Watch a video about the differences</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li> <div> <h2>Did you know? </h2> <p>If a service animal behaves in an unacceptable way and the individual with a disability does not control the animal, a business does not have to allow the animal.</p> <p><a href="/faq/what-if-service-animal-barks-or-growls-other-people-or-otherwise-acts-out-control">Read more about a handler’s responsibility</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li> <div> <h2>Did you know? </h2> <p>The ADA, the Fair Housing Act, and the Air Carrier Access Act all define service animals differently.</p> <p><a href="/publication/assistance-animals-and-individuals-disabilities-under-federal-laws-matrix-and-practice">Review the definitions</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li> <div> <h2>Did you know? </h2> <p>A service animal must be individually trained to perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability.</p> <p><a href="https://m.facebook.com/394193790770343/photos/a.753833328139719.1073741833.394193790770343/753833474806371/?type=3&amp;theater&amp;_rdr" target="_blank">Learn about 10 common jobs for service animals</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li> <div> <h2>Did you know? </h2> <p>Only dogs are service animals under the ADA.</p> <p><a href="/service-animal-resource-hub/basics">More service animal basics</a>.</p> </div> </li> <li> <div> <h2>Did you know? </h2> <p>Service animals do not need to be professionally trained.</p> <p><a href="/service-animal-resource-hub/misconceptions">Learn more about common service animal misconceptions</a>.</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <a class="jcarousel-control-prev" href="#" style="left:-32px">‹</a> <a class="jcarousel-control-next" href="#" style="right:-32px">›</a> <div id="slidenav"><div class="jcarousel-pagination" style="padding:2px"> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-system-main" class="block-system"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="block-content clearfix"> <div id="article-3343" class="article node node-page node-odd node-full clearfix" about="/service-animal-resource-hub" typeof="foaf:Document"> <div class="node-content"> <div class="section field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd" property="content:encoded"><p>The topic of service animals is complex. We’ve created this page to help provide some clarity. It is broken up into nine different sections addressing specific issues related to service animals.</p> <p>The majority of this information was developed from existing materials, including factsheets and handbooks, published by the ADA National Network on <a href="/">adata.org</a>.</p> <p>All of the information provided is specific to either the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or other federal laws. Some states may have laws the expand the definition of a service animal and the rights of individuals with disabilities. Michigan State University has developed a <a href="https://www.animallaw.info/topic/table-state-assistance-animal-laws" target="_blank">comprehensive state-by-state guide</a> about different state laws related to service animals.</p> <p> </p> <ul class="list-block" id="pub-list"> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/basics" target="_self">Service Animal Basics</a></h2> <p>Basic information about the definition of a service animal, where they can go, and what questions you can ask a handler.</p> </li> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/work" target="_self">Taking a Service Animal to Work</a></h2> <p>Information about service animals in the workplace.</p> </li> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/traveling" target="_self">Traveling With a Service Animal</a></h2> <p>Information about traveling with a service animal or emotional support animal.</p> </li> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/living" target="_self">Living with a Service Animal </a></h2> <p>Information about reasonable accommodations for service animals and emotional support animals in housing.</p> </li> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/school" target="_self">Taking a Service Animal to School</a></h2> <p>Information about the complexities of taking a service animal to school, including K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions.</p> </li> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/emergencies" target="_self">Service Animals in Emergency Situations </a></h2> <p>Information about service animals in emergency situations and resources to help you prepare.</p> </li> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/differences" target="_self">Service Animal or Emotional Support Animal?</a></h2> <p>Information about the differences of various working animals.</p> </li> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/small-business" target="_self">Service Animals, Small Business, and Other Public Accommodations</a></h2> <p>Information about service animals for small business owners and other places of public accommodation, their staff, and their customers.</p> </li> <li class="item"> <h2><a href="https://adata.org/service-animal-resource-hub/misconceptions" target="_self">Service Animal Misconceptions</a></h2> <p>A list of common misconceptions about service animals.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- //MAIN CONTENT --> <!-- MASS BOTTOM --> <!-- //MASS BOTTOM --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- role='main' --> <!-- FOOTER --> <div id="footer-wrapper" class="wrapper container-16" role="contentinfo"> <div class="container grid-12"> <div class="grid-inner clearfix"> <div id="footer" class="clearfix"> <div class="region region-footer"> <div class="foot_wrap1" id="foot_links1" style="display: flex; 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