Emotional Support Animal vs. Psychiatric Service Animal: Know the Difference. Emotional Support Animals are different from Psychiatric Service Animals in terms of the training and tasks performed by them. Psychiatric Service animals are working animals that are trained to help people with disabilities. PSAs can help people with a variety of disabilities, including mental or emotional disabilities. Some of the tasks performed by PSAs include calming the handler in case of anxiety attacks, preventing owner from causing self-harm, alerting the person about surroundings, medicine reminders, and even predicting seizures. It is important to note that only a dog can become a psychiatric service animal. No pet’s policy does not apply to psychiatric service dogs, and therefore they can accompany you to any public space without any limitation or discrimination. The Same can’t be said for ESAs because public places can have their own rules regarding pets. The Fair Housing Act (FHA) protects both Psychiatric Service Animals and ESAs, so the landlord needs to make reasonable accommodations for them as discussed above. Under the Air Carrier Access Act, airlines can not refuse service to any person with disability or require an advanced declaration about the PSA. They can’t be charged a pet fee, a fee for their size or decline their cabin presence along with the travelling person. Though similar liberty earlier applied to Emotional Support Animals as well but as of January 2021, the ESAs are considered as regular pets, and it’s up to the airlines to make rules accordingly. Therefore, ESAs can be charged a pet fee or denied cabin travel due to size and breed of your support animal.
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