Pets

Not once did I ask about service animals nor did I state he was a service animal.


1. What is an emotional support animal (also called "assistance animal")?
An emotional support animal is not a pet. An emotional support animal is a companion animal that provides therapeutic benefit to an individual with a mental or psychiatric disability. The person seeking the emotional support animal must have a verifiable disability (the reason cannot just be a need for companionship). The animal is viewed as a "reasonable accommodation" under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHA or FHAct) to those housing communities that have a "no pets" rule. In other words, just as a wheelchair provides a person with a physical limitation the equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling, an emotional support animal provides a person with a mental or psychiatric disability the same opportunity to live independently. Most times, an emotional support animal will be seen as a reasonable accommodation for a person with such a disability. Failure to make reasonable accommodations by changing rules or policies can be a violation of the FHA unless the accommodation would be an undue financial burden on the landlord or cause a fundamental alteration to the premises.

Companion animal is the same thing just doesnt sound so moody. My dog provides me with the ability to talk to people randomly hes my buddy for my social issues. People will come up and say how beautiful he is and strike up chats. Would never happen otherwise as I avoid people.

For all the negative nancy's who scream you cant be a trucker yadda yadda boo hoo about this I say bullcrap. I just would never want to be a mentor lol. My brothers best friend drove for swift for two years before moving onto Oilfield driving then to an Electronics tech and he has Aspergers and its BAD. Aspergers is way more debilitating.

 

I was thinking about this and I am going to run down to the Department of labor early tomorrow and see what all it takes to get the WIA to pay for school or if theres another similar option. If its going to take 6months to get approved Ill just suck it up and go with Swift and move on when I can.

 

You are free to your opinion. Mountaingote had an assy response which kicked on the social anxiety and made me get rude. I apologize if I upset you but I totally deserve my dog whether anyone else believes it or not.