Webinar:A Guide to Psychiatric Service and Emotional Support Animals

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Many people with mental health disabilities find that having a psychiatric service or emotional support animal improves their daily lives and their mental health and wellness. Learn the difference between these assistance animals and your rights regarding public access and reasonable accommodations.

*This training is presented from a peer perspective by people who have lived experience with mental disabilities.*

Live Caption and ASL Interpreter Available

About the webinar:

In this webinar, we will:

• Identify the differences between psychiatric service animals and emotional support animals.
• Review the laws that protect our rights to have assistance animals, specifically regarding public access, reasonable accommodations, and recent law changes in air travel.
• Discover how psychiatric service and emotional support animals promote recovery and wellness for people with mental health disabilities.
• Explore hypothetical scenarios to improve our understanding about our rights and discover the benefits of having assistance animals for our mental health and wellbeing.

Speaker:

Claire Haider (they/them/theirs) is a hearing person with lived experience navigating the mental health system. Having known American Sign Language for fifteen years, Claire’s previous employers over the last five years include a local Deaf access non-profit and a Deaf-owned employment development company. Claire’s previous work at DRC includes being a Patient’s Rights Advocate at Patton State Hospital, where they advocated for the expressed interests of those residing at the facility.