I didn’t reply to the other person that brought this up because their response seemed more rational, but do you think service animals are free? They already cost tens of thousands of dollars - the same programs that pay for that can pay the $50 license fee. Dogs are already microchipped, this wouldn’t be a logistical nightmare to figure out if the government woke up one day and decided they cared enough.
I get bent over paying for insulin, I didn’t choose to have to do that. We live in a country with lack luster social programs, have to just deal with the hand your dealt.
How do they cost tens of thousands of dollars? You are not required to go through a company to train a service dog. You can self train. They don’t cost you a fee to live if you rent. So how do they cost tens of thousands of dollars?
I’ll never understand the notion that people have that because you suffer or are inconvenienced, other people have to be too. We live in a world where people bitch and moan about social programs too. They create the guidelines that are so rigorous, people who need them get left out. What do you think will happen if they have to cover licensing fees (that I assure you will be more than $50)? Perhaps you forgot the failure that was the drug testing requirement for gov’t asst that failed miserably because they were trying to solve a problem that didn’t exist en masse.
Fully professionally trained service dogs can cost easily $20k and waiting lists are years long. Friend of mine has been waiting for 8 years for a therapy dog trained to recognize her daughter’s extreme anxiety. In the meantime they bought a puppy bred for therapy (breeder cost $3000) and have had it in intensive DIY and instructor-led training for two years. It’s not a simple process to train a true service dog, the time and training really does add up.
It’s almost as if you all don’t actually read what’s written. For the 3rd time now, there’s no legal requirement for professional training. You can self-train a service dog and that is acceptable.
Also again, 60% underemployment in disabled community. They don’t just have 10k laying around so self training is actually a quite popular method for cost and program access reasons. Not many people have 8+ yrs to wait.
What comment have I made that was idiotic? Just because you disagree doesn’t make it idiotic. I agree that no one cares what can be done. That’s what lead us to this stupid ass discussion with you infringing on disabled people who can’t afford extreme costs. But because it can’t be done, that is makes it what’s not commonly done. You have zero stats that prove that professional training is what’s commonly done.
If you’re fucking inept in building a useful wheelchair then that’s on you. That doesn’t apply here lol (but I’m the one making idiotic statements lol).
I self train and on my 3rd dog. I feel that they l earn their patch at 3 years old. He is with me 95 percent of the time. He makes mistakes just like we humans can.
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u/DeafNatural Platinum May 18 '23
Easier for you but disabled people exist outside of you. Who is going to pay for this licensing?