Definitions
Accommodation: A modification or adjustment in policies, procedures, or work/housing/school environment to enable a student to partake in equal opportunities and access to College benefits and services based on a documented disability.
Assistance Animal: This is the umbrella term that encompasses service animals and emotional support animals. Service animals and emotional support animals are not pets; they are animals that provide assistance, perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, or provide emotional support that alleviates one or more identified symptom or effects of a person’s disability.
Service Animal: An animal that is individually trained (or in the process of being trained) to do work or perform specific tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability. The work or tasks performed by the service animal must be directly related to the person’s disability.
Emotional Support Animal (ESA): An animal that provides emotional support to alleviate one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person's disability. Some, but not all, animals that assist persons with disabilities are professionally trained.
Individual with a Disability: For the purpose of this policy, an individual with a disability is defined as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
HOW TO REGISTER AN ESA
- Register with the Office of Accessibility
If not registered with the Office of Accessibility, please complete the Registration Form and Release Form - Submit supporting documentation or ESA Documentation Form
- Submit up to date Veterinarian Records, if applicable
- Intake meeting with Director, Lindsay Green
- ESA Emergency Contact Agreement must be signed and submitted.
- After approval, the ESA Housing Agreement must be signed
HOW TO REGISTER A SERVICE ANIMAL
- Register with the Office of Accessibility
If not registered with the Office of Accessibility, please complete the Registration Form and Release Form - Submit up to date Veterinarian Records
- Intake meeting with Director, Lindsay Green
- Service Animal Emergency Contact Agreement must be signed and submitted
- The Service Animal Agreement must be signed