Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals, and Guide Dogs1973342

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Sadly, some individuals are asking whether "service animal" laws are being abused by those that want to scam the system.

There have been news stories, articles, opinion pieces along with other editorials where people rant and complain about people they think to be abusing the device. You hear some complain that they had to sit near a dog at a restaurant which they don't believe is really a "real" service dog, or others complain that the neighbors use a pet in a "no pet" building simply because they claimed the animal is emotional support animal registration.

Some of the commentary posseses an indignant tone, plus some people are downright angry.

So how exactly does this affect those that legitimately own and use a service animal to higher their lives? In several ways.

For one, it may it more challenging to navigate bureaucracy of the world when your claim of a disability and your service or emotional support animal's status is questioned. In case a landlord or company owner has heard negative stories claiming that some people are abusing the system, it can cause them to look suspiciously in any way claimants.

Some landlord and business people have begun asking for proof of status, even though asking for written or any other evidence is not always legal, and even though many those who own legitimate service animals and emotional support animals have not taken advantage of registering them, and therefore have no such documentation to create.

It is the suspicious attitude and illegal demands of some landlords and companies that make registrations services like the Service Animal Registry of California so important legitimate owners.

Although registration is optional, it will also help shortcut the housing rental and business access issues if the owner can certainly produce a simple document which will often match the owner or landlord. Also, when utilizing public spaces, it's easier to hand over a document with a simple sentence stating, "This is a service animal" and letting the other party browse the information, as opposed to having a long-winded protracted conversation (or worse, argument) in public places, with onlookers listening in and gathering round the discussion.

So, carry out some people scam the device, or game regulations? Sadly, the reply is "probably yes." In life, there is always room for abuse the ones can attempt to take advantage of many systems that individuals as a society put in place to protect the rights of people who need such protection. For example, many drivers falsely display disabled parking placards to take advantage of free and convenient parking. Not forgetting the number of people who lie on their tax returns, claim improper tax deductions, abuse store return policies, or do other bad acts.

However that percentage of abuse, which in service animal laws is hopefully small, is arguably a very small price to pay when compared to the higher purpose of promoting access and equality for all.

In the end, you cannot control any system to really make it 100% abuse proof. So tolerating the few people who scam service animal laws will be the price we gladly pay to make sure that the disabled inside the great condition of California have equal access under law.