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02-13-2018, 12:09 AM
Dulce, all the examples you provided are fine.
I don’t think anyone here has an issue with service animals, in general. In fact, as it has come to pass, I can tell you that the ADA needs to up its game with respect to enforcing stricter compliance with all levels of accommodation for physical impairment in many areas, including government building access. The ramps, sidewalks, etc are a nightmare, and parking is extreme, it’s either one space, or like PT pointed out, 30.
Anyway- Specially trained animals that perform a service are great. Ex: Dogs for the blind.
PTSD animals for our veterans are fine too. We have too many suicides as a result of serving in war, and until organizations like 22kill can do more for awareness, these animals may save lives.
However, now that the ADA has expanded its reach to the more general population in the US, there is little to safeguard against abuse.
The real problem is young women are smart when it comes to playing the victim and ESA’s are right up their alley.
So what happens when a girl gets a dog and complains to her friends that her apartment complex wants a $1000 pet deposit that she doesn’t have? Easy. All her friends tell her to go the same doctor that signed off on their ESA’s and you can take them wherever you want and nobody can say shit when you are all sitting there laughing and drinking brunch mimosas on Sunday morning in the restaurant. (I am not making up this example, by the way.)
Now, honestly I don’t even object to the whole situation at this point because I can see where a doctor does not want to have a patient come in, get denied and then go commit suicide. That would be terrible.
The thing that does bother me with the Emotional Support dogs is there is no real initial or ongoing training requirements. Half, at least, would be lucky to pass obedience school.
Second thing that bothers me is that there isn’t really a follow up or treatment for the emotional support being received. It costs nothing, no time, no inconvenience whatsoever to have an ongoing benefit of a single evaluation.
What if everyone who has ever had a temporary handicap parking tag was now allowed to eternally use those spaces forever? It would probably piss off the people who you could see that obviously needed to be closer to the entrance.
Last thing I’ll say is while I don’t have a problem with any of the animals and yeah some people are going to abuse it, the whole thing seemed to escalate really fast. One day, a lot of people just needed these animals by their side all the time or they wouldn’t be able to make it through the day?
I don’t get a lifetime prescription of Percocet just because my back got sore after a tough day at work, no they say to try some Advil first.
Just the same, a lot of us are saying that letting someone take a dog around wherever they want because they get nervous in public sometimes shouldn’t be the first solution.
I’d like to see the doctor maybe prescribe an emotional support Teddy Bear first.
I don’t think anyone here has an issue with service animals, in general. In fact, as it has come to pass, I can tell you that the ADA needs to up its game with respect to enforcing stricter compliance with all levels of accommodation for physical impairment in many areas, including government building access. The ramps, sidewalks, etc are a nightmare, and parking is extreme, it’s either one space, or like PT pointed out, 30.
Anyway- Specially trained animals that perform a service are great. Ex: Dogs for the blind.
PTSD animals for our veterans are fine too. We have too many suicides as a result of serving in war, and until organizations like 22kill can do more for awareness, these animals may save lives.
However, now that the ADA has expanded its reach to the more general population in the US, there is little to safeguard against abuse.
The real problem is young women are smart when it comes to playing the victim and ESA’s are right up their alley.
So what happens when a girl gets a dog and complains to her friends that her apartment complex wants a $1000 pet deposit that she doesn’t have? Easy. All her friends tell her to go the same doctor that signed off on their ESA’s and you can take them wherever you want and nobody can say shit when you are all sitting there laughing and drinking brunch mimosas on Sunday morning in the restaurant. (I am not making up this example, by the way.)
Now, honestly I don’t even object to the whole situation at this point because I can see where a doctor does not want to have a patient come in, get denied and then go commit suicide. That would be terrible.
The thing that does bother me with the Emotional Support dogs is there is no real initial or ongoing training requirements. Half, at least, would be lucky to pass obedience school.
Second thing that bothers me is that there isn’t really a follow up or treatment for the emotional support being received. It costs nothing, no time, no inconvenience whatsoever to have an ongoing benefit of a single evaluation.
What if everyone who has ever had a temporary handicap parking tag was now allowed to eternally use those spaces forever? It would probably piss off the people who you could see that obviously needed to be closer to the entrance.
Last thing I’ll say is while I don’t have a problem with any of the animals and yeah some people are going to abuse it, the whole thing seemed to escalate really fast. One day, a lot of people just needed these animals by their side all the time or they wouldn’t be able to make it through the day?
I don’t get a lifetime prescription of Percocet just because my back got sore after a tough day at work, no they say to try some Advil first.
Just the same, a lot of us are saying that letting someone take a dog around wherever they want because they get nervous in public sometimes shouldn’t be the first solution.
I’d like to see the doctor maybe prescribe an emotional support Teddy Bear first.