服务 & 帮助动物

服务 & 帮助动物

服务的动物

Vincennes University has adopted the following definition from the U. S. 部门 正义的. 服务性动物被定义为狗 (或迷你马) that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.

这类工作或任务的例子包括 (但不限于) 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 with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties.

服务性动物是工作动物,不是宠物. 狗被训练的工作或任务 to provide must be directly related to the person's disability." 

Vincennes University is committed to compliance with state and federal laws regarding 不同能力的人. 文森斯大学的政策是 服务的动物s assisting students and other 不同能力的人 are generally permitted in all 澳门足球博彩官方网址 facilities and programs that are open to the general public, unless health or safety is an issue (see other exceptions below.) 

Vincennes University requests that all 服务的动物s be fitted with some form of identifying equipment such as a vest, harness, cape, or backpack while working so others can quickly recognize this is a 服务的动物. 不幸的是,有些人 are unfamiliar with the role of 服务的动物s and mistake them for 宠物s, and the use of identifying equipment for a 服务的动物 helps to dispel this mistaken belief. 

帮助动物

动物 whose sole function is to provide therapy, comfort or emotional support to 不同能力的人 do not qualify as 服务的动物s under the ADA and are not permitted in most classrooms and other Vincennes University facilities. 然而,根据部门的规定 住房和城市发展 (HUD)和 公平住房法 (FHA) emotional support animals may be allowed to reside with a qualified student with a disability in campus residential facilities.

Even though they are not covered under federal law, Vincennes University does allow approved therapy and comfort animals to live with a student, with a documented disability, Therapy, comfort and emotional support animals may be brought into campus residential facilities, upon approval, from the office of Diverse Abilities and Accommodations, and completion of the required registration process. 

除外责任

Vincennes University reserves the right to request that an animal be removed from University property if it is taken into a restricted area, it poses a health or safety risk, the handler fails to keep it under appropriate control, it is not housebroken, 或者违反动物协议.

服务 and assistance animals, residing in university housing, are also subject to 概述的大厅纪律程序 宿舍手册.

Vincennes University reserves the right to determine on a case-by-case basis whether an animal qualifies as a service or other assistance animal, and if it is a reasonable accommodation for a student with a documented disability.  野生的或外来的动物; one that is inherently dangerous or destructive, or that poses a greater risk of attack or disease to other residents may be denied based on this individualized assessment. 动物 deemed as illegal to own by state and federal law will be denied.

A 服务的动物 may also be excluded when the presence of an animal fundamentally alters the nature of a program or activity, or presents a danger to the animal or 其他个人. Examples may include, but are not limited to research labs, areas requiring protective clothing, and food preparation areas.

注册服务 & 帮助动物:

  • 在教室和校园设施
    A 服务的动物 may accompany a student with a disability in every classroom and campus facility that is open to the general public, without the need to register the 服务的动物. However, please provide advance notification of your use of a service animal to the Vincennes University office of Diverse Abilities and Accommodations, an administrator on the Vincennes University campus of attendance, or the faculty member of the class attended to assist us in preparing a safe and healthy environment 对你、你的动物和其他人来说. 澳门足球博彩官方网址还要求所有服务性动物穿背心, harness, cape, or backpack at all times while working so others can quickly recognize this is a 服务的动物 as opposed to another type of assistance animal or 宠物. 
  • 在校园宿舍 
    If a student desires to have a service/assistance animal (service, therapy, comfort, or emotional support) reside in campus housing facilities, approval of the animal must be granted by the office of Diverse Abilities and Accommodations 之前 把动物带到设施里生活. 

游客

服务 animals accompanying visitors with disabilities are welcome in all areas of campus that are open to the general public, unless health or safety is an issue. A 服务的动物 that accompanies a visitor should also be fitted with some form of identifying equipment such as a vest, harness, cape, or backpack while working, so others can quickly recognize this is a 服务的动物 and not mistaken for being a 宠物.

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