Webinar: Taking A Service Animal To Work

In this session, service animal and accommodation experts Marisa Demaya and Alexandra Walch will discuss:

• • The difference between service animals and emotional support animals
  • Rules and laws around using service animals in the workplace
  • The value of service animals and concerns about using them as an accommodation
  • The real-life experience of a service animal user in a workplace setting

About The Speakers

Marisa Demaya is the Deputy Director, Training and Information Coordinator, Southwest ADA Center at ILRU, the Independent Living Research Utilization Program in Houston, Texas. As training coordinator, she works with businesses, consumers, and community organizations to train and inform them on their rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Alexandra Wiseman is Client Services Program Manager at Canine Companions. Canine Companions is leading the service dog industry so their clients and their dogs can live with greater independence. They provide service dogs to adults, children and veterans with disabilities and facility dogs to professionals working in healthcare, criminal justice and educational settings. Since their founding in 1975, their dogs and all follow-up services are provided at no cost to their clients.

Register via Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taking-a-service-animal-to-work-tickets-309469821567?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Submit your questions in advance to:  DisabilityIN.CTX@gmail.com