Service Animals Most of us are used to seeing a guide dog accompany people with vision loss. But service animals also can be helpful to people with other disabilities. Service animals may help alert an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing to events around them. They can also warn a person of a seizure before it happens. Service animals must be allowed to go everywhere with their owner. This includes restaurants, elevators, and offices. In all situations, the owner is responsible for looking after the animal. Remember, service animals are working animals. You should never touch, call, or make eye contact with the animals. Don’t distract them from their important job. |
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Most of us are used to seeing a guide dog accompany people with vision loss. But service animals also can be helpful to people with other disabilities. Service animals may help alert an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing to events around them. They can also warn a person of a seizure before it happens.
Service animals must be allowed to go everywhere with their owner. This includes restaurants, elevators, and offices. In all situations, the owner is responsible for looking after the animal.
Remember, service animals are working animals. You should never touch, call, or make eye contact with the animals. Don’t distract them from their important job.