What is Service animal?
[[File:Emmet Practices Opening a Power Door.jpg|thumb|300px|This service dog has been trained to press a button to open an electric door for his [[wheelchair]]-using owner.]] '''Service animals''' are [[animal]]s that have been trained to do things to help [[disability|people with disabilities]]. Service animals may also be called assistance animals, assist animals, support animals, or helper animals, depending on the country and what the animal does. == Types == There are three basic types of assistance animals:<ref>[http://www.iaadp.org/A-dogWorld.html International Association of Assistance Dog Partners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130115422/http://www.iaadp.org/A-dogWorld.html |date=2015-11-30 }} Retrieved on October 17, 2007.</ref> # Guide animals, like [[guide dog]]s, who guide (lead) people who are [[blind]] # Hearing animals, like [[hearing dog]]s, who help the [[deaf]] by signaling when they hear important sounds # Service animals, who do work for people with disabilities who are not blind or deaf In the United States, as of the 2011 changes to Americans with Disabilities Act regulation only dogs may be used as service animals for the purposes of going to public places. However, in certain situations miniature horses are supposed to be accommodated the same as service animals that are dogs. The U.S. government does not recognize a right to use any other species as an assistance animal in public places where pets would not be permitted except on commercial aircraft. <ref>ADA Requirements: Service Animal, U.S. Department of Justice, http://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm retrieved January 14, 2016.</ref><ref>New Horizons: Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability, page 11, U.S. Department of Transportation https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.dev/files/docs/Horizons_2009_Final.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222155710/https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.dev/files/docs/Horizons_2009_Final.pdf |date=2016-12-22 }} retrieved January 14, 2