THE DERBY CITY NSCIA NEWSLETTER

Message From the President

Dear Members & Friends-

For this month's meeting we hope to have a speaker, but if not, we will watch a video and have pizza and soft drinks. Please come out and join us for what should be an informative evening.

December's meeting is our annual Christmas Party. See calendar for details.

- David Allgood

The following article is from ADA Pipeline, Volume 13, No. 3, 2004. –ed

SERVICE ANIMALS AND THE ADA
By Mary Morder

Service Animals and the Law: Sally Conway of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) acknowledges that, although the ADA was enacted 14 years ago, persons with disabilities still have difficulty obtaining equal access to public and private facilities and services when they have a service animal. In most instances, qualified persons with disabilities who use service animals have the right of equal access to any place of business, state or government facility or program, as persons without disabilities. According to Ms. Conway, the rights of persons with disabilities who use service animals "remains a very significant problem throughout the country in all sectors of business and governmental entities." People who use service animals still have problems obtaining equal access under the law.

The Definition of a Service Animal Under the ADA: According to DOJ regulations, a service animal is any guide dog, signal dog or other animal individually trained to work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a Disability, including but not limited to: guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds,

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