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Service animals are animals that have been trained to perform tasks that assist people with disabilities. Service animals may also be referred to as assistance animals, assist animals, support animals, or helper animals depending on the country and the animal's function. Dogs are the most common service animals, assisting people in many different ways since at least 1927. Other animals such as monkeys, birds, and horses have also been documented. In places of public accommodation in the United States, only dogs (and in some cases miniature horses) are legally considered service animals.〔(Revised ADA Requirements: Service Animals ). US Department of Justice. 12 July 2011. Accessed 28 January 2014〕 It is also legal to train your own service animal in the United States. There is a broader definition for assistance animals under the US Fair Housing Act as well as a broader definition for service animals under the US Air Carrier Access Act.〔 In the United States, prior to a revision of the Americans with Disabilities Act going into effect March 15, 2011〔http://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm〕 types of animals other than service dogs and miniature horses were protected at least on the Federal level; individual states ''could'' expand coverage. ==Definitions== The international assistance animal community has categorized three types of assistance animals:〔(International Association of Assistance Dog Partners ) Retrieved on October 17, 2007.〕 # Guide animal—to guide the blind # Hearing animal—to signal the hearing impaired # Service animal—to do work for persons with disabilities other than blindness or deafness. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Service animal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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