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#AmericanMiniatureHorse living the high life as a #ServiceHorse, providing medical alert, mobility assistance, and more! Handler: Abrea (she/her)
Mar 3, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
I was asked today if I just registered Flirty online to make her my service horse, and explained it takes hundreds or even thousands of hours of training to "make" a service animal.

In the USA, those online registrations are nothing but money-grubbing scams. Per the ADA, there is no legally recognized registration or certification for a service animal. Those "certificates" you get from websites are completely worthless, in the eyes of the law. CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION  Q17. Does the ADA require th
Mar 2, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
I am tired of seeing people say that service animal (SA) training should be limited to professionals.

In the USA, anyone can train a SA. This is invaluable to many in the disabled community. There aren't enough programs to provide all the SAs that are needed. There aren't programs who train for all disabilities/disability combinations. You may be able to get a dog that is seizure alert trained, but you can't usually get one that is diabetic and seizure alert trained, for instance. Or seizure and mobility. Programs don't cross-train.
Mar 1, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Normalize having boundaries in your friendships.

I reached out to two friends for support, today, in our group chat. They both offered empathy, but said they were struggling individually and couldn’t be my support.

And that is 100% okay. Normalize that it’s okay to tell a friend you are struggling and can’t be their support, that day.

Normalize respecting that your friends are people too, with their own struggles and limitations.

Normalize asking friends if they have the emotional bandwidth to listen to you.
May 1, 2019 15 tweets 4 min read
It’s almost 1 am and I can’t sleep, so I’m going to tell you a story. I want to tell you about Allergy Lady.

After a long day of training with my #servicedog friends, I stopped at the grocery store on the way home. I was picking out some pastries when I saw her. 1/ She was middle aged and fairly non-description. I don’t even remember her hair color. What I do remember is that she had the familiar pose of someone who was sneaking closer to take a picture, phone held ready.

In case you don’t know, taking pics of service animals is rude. 2/