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dc.contributor.authorGatesy-Davis, Anwyn
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:17.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:02:50Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-20
dc.date.submitted2021-07-20
dc.identifier.doi10.7191/pib.1169
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/44294
dc.description.abstractAn Emotional Support Animal (ESA) is an animal that provides therapeutic benefit (e.g., emotional support, comfort, companionship) to a person with a mental health or psychiatric disability (such as a serious mental health condition). An ESA is not considered a Service Animal, but under U.S. law, an emotional support animal is also not considered a pet and is generally not restricted by the type of animal.1, 2 Any domesticated animal may be considered as an ESA (e.g., cats, dogs, mice, rabbits, birds, hedgehogs, rats, minipigs, ferrets, etc.) and they can be any age. However, an ESA must be able to be manageable in public and does not create a nuisance. In this tip sheet we describe what an Emotional Support Animal is an is not as well as how someone can look into getting one. See also the companion tip sheet: Can I Bring My Emotional Support Animal to College with Me?
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rights© 2021 University of Massachusetts Medical School.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
dc.subjectRehabilitation/Recovery
dc.subjectTransition Age Youth
dc.subjectEmotional Support Animals
dc.subjectESA
dc.subjectpets
dc.subjectservice dogs
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjecttherapy animal
dc.subjectservice animal
dc.subjectyoung adults
dc.titleEmotional Support Animals: The Basics [English and Spanish versions]
dc.typeTransitions ACR
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1169&context=pib&unstamped=1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pib/vol18/iss4/1
dc.identifier.contextkey23935130
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-23T17:02:50Z
html.description.abstract<p>An Emotional Support Animal (ESA) is an animal that provides therapeutic benefit (e.g., emotional support, comfort, companionship) to a person with a mental health or psychiatric disability (such as a serious mental health condition). An ESA is not considered a Service Animal, but under U.S. law, an emotional support animal is also not considered a pet and is generally not restricted by the type of animal.1, 2 Any domesticated animal may be considered as an ESA (e.g., cats, dogs, mice, rabbits, birds, hedgehogs, rats, minipigs, ferrets, etc.) and they can be any age. However, an ESA must be able to be manageable in public and does not create a nuisance. In this tip sheet we describe what an Emotional Support Animal is an is not as well as how someone can look into getting one.</p> <p>See also the companion tip sheet: <a href="https://doi.org/10.7191/pib.1170" target="_blank" title="Can I Bring My Emotional Support Animal to College with Me">Can I Bring My Emotional Support Animal to College with Me</a>?</p>
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