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Putting a Leash on Therapy Animals
by Kristen Lott

Institutions continue to define and refine their policies before student requests for pets come in.

In October 2011, the Department of Justice charged the University of Nebraska at Kearney in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska with refusing what it considers to be a reasonable request from a student for a service animal. According to the DOJ, Nebraska should have followed the guidelines in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing Act, which considers emotional therapy animals to be service animals. Previously, many public and private colleges and universities believed that their housing
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policies had to comply only with guidelines set by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires them to allow service animals that are trained for particular tasks to aid individuals with disabilities. However, ADA strictly defines a service animal as either a dog or miniature horse “that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability. . . . [such as] guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person



Talking Stick - January/February 2013

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Talking Stick - January/February 2013
Contents
New Member Highlight
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Business Operations
Special Focus
Calendar
From Shovel to Ribbon
All the World’s a Page
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
New Members
Snapshot
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Cover2
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 1
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 2
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Contents
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - New Member Highlight
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 5
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Vision
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 7
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Just In
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 9
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 10
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 11
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 12
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Transitions
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Business Operations
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 24
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - 25
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Special Focus
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Calendar
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - From Shovel to Ribbon
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - All the World’s a Page
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - First Takes
Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - January/February 2013 - Snapshot
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