by Mollie Hernandez | Apr 6, 2020 | Access, Accessibility, Featured, Service Animals
Hello Humans! This is Boomer, the resident Seeing Eye dog here at Disability Rights Arkansas! Like most of you, social distancing is affecting my regular work routine. So, I have decided this is the perfect time for me to try my “paw” at blog writing. As a guide dog,...
by Christy Furqueron | Mar 24, 2020 | Access, Archives, Featured, Housing, Service Animals
Both the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA) set out laws that require housing providers to make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. A reasonable accommodation is defined by Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
by Mollie Hernandez | Oct 23, 2019 | Accessibility, Featured, Self Advocacy, Service Animals
In case you haven’t heard, October is “Meet the Blind” Month. Although I’m not crazy about the name, I like the idea. So, here goes! My name is Mollie, and I am blind. Many people are not aware that blindness exists on a spectrum. This means that people...
by Christy Furqueron | Sep 3, 2019 | Accessibility, Archives, Featured, Service Animals
A service animal walks into a bar…accompanied by an individual with a disability. The manager says the bar does not allow pets. After explaining the animal is a service animal, the manager asks to see documentation proving that the animal is a service animal....
by Mollie Hernandez | Jul 25, 2019 | Access, Archives, Featured, Service Animals
As a person who is blind, I face many challenges in my everyday life. Over time, I’ve learned ways to adapt and accommodate in order to accomplish the many demands life places on a busy, working wife and mother. Quite honestly, the greatest challenge I face with...
by Susan Pierce | May 25, 2017 | Archives, Community, Featured, News, Service Animals
A service animal owner contacted Disability Rights Arkansas for assistance with her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding her service animal. Her service animal is an American Pit Bull Terrier. The city where she lived had enacted a “vicious...
