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Assistance Animal Survey

The NIDILRR-funded Southwest ADA Regional Center is conducting a survey to learn more about the use of service animals and other assistance animals by people with disabilities in public settings.

The survey is open to US residents 18 and over who use a service animal and parents of a child with a disability who uses a service animal. The information gathered will be used by researchers to understand what access issues people may experience with their animals, as well as to develop and improve the information, support, and guidance needed for the community to improve access for assistance animal teams. These findings will also be used to improve the training and technical assistance that the Southwest ADA Regional Center provides to the public on this topic. All personal data collected in the survey will be kept anonymous and confidential.

For questions or additional information, contact Marisa Demaya at [email protected].