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January 22, 2020—The US Department of Transportation has proposed new flying laws for service dog users. One victory in the proposal is that airlines would no longer be able to treat psychiatric service dog users worse than others. Our volunteers are reviewing the proposal and will be drafting a comment and giving more information to our community.

January 15, 2020—PSDP leaders participated in a roundtable discussion of AKC’s Service Dog Pass. You can now watch the video, listen to the audio recording, or read the transcript.

January 10, 2020–Our 2020 convention dates have been pushed back a day, from April 3–6 to April 2–5, in order to enable a large number of people to attend who otherwise couldn’t.

December 22, 2019—This might surprise you: Service dog IDs are the wrong answer! Learn more about this and how you might push back against AKC’s latest wrong answer.

A bright green graphic with black text, with a picture in the background of a golden retriever in a service dog vest on its hind legs tapping a woman's outstretched hands as she leans down. A logo for Psychiatric Service Dog Partners appears in the upper right corner. The text reads: Service dog IDs are the wrong answer (use non-ID law cards instead!) • Employees give the next disabled service dog user a hard time when the one before used an ID • Has no legal meaning in the US (no recognized registry/certification) • Forcing disability-related paperwork for normal access violates human rights • Employees often treat service dog documentation as a free pass for bad behavior • Service dog or not, dogs should be removed if they are aggressive or persist with bad behavior Behavior, not belongings www.psych.dog

December 10, 2019—Want to help disabled service dog users get to our 2020 convention? Sponsor Apollo for $25!

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December 8, 2019—Our Veronica and Brad Morris were interviewed on DV Radio‘s “The Service Dog Show” at 8:00 p.m. ET. The podcast will be available in the future, but the transcript is available here.

December 2, 2019—These are exciting times for service dog advocates. PSDP is staying in touch with DOT and other advocates in Washington, DC; read the latest updates from our November 25th meeting with DOT.

Seven disability advocates pose for a picture in an expansive central indoor area at the US Department of Transportation building in Washington, DC on November 25, 2019.

November 26, 2019—Seems like our community loves to hate online service dog certification. What if we got something wrong? Brad Morris challenges us to inject our reasoning with compassion + knowledge in “Should we hate online service dog certification?“.

The bust of a smiling man with a large beard, sitting in a power wheelchair and looking left with bright greenery in the background. The man wear a purple straw fedora, a purple blazer, pink dress shirt, a pink-background tie with flowers of different colors, and a multi-color giraffe lapel pin. The sun shines brightly down on him.

November 18, 2019—We’re often asked how to train an alert or response. Get the low-down in Dr. Morris’s new article, “How to train a service dog anxiety alert/response“!

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November 15, 2019—The latest addition to our page on service dog public interaction tools is a French version of our frequently asked questions flyer. Enjoy!

November 12, 2019—2019 Convention attendees had fun creating several skit-lesson videos! Some are dotted across our site, and several are on our 2019 convention videos page. Check ’em out, laugh and learn!

September 16, 2019—On our SDIT Manners Evaluation page, we have a new video that gives you a 60-second peek at the activities on the evaluation.

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September 12, 2019—In our community we encourage training records and PATs, but should testing be mandatory for service dog teams? In a revealing new article, PSDP’s Brad Morris explains why “Forced service dog testing is not the fix you might think“.

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August 5, 2019—Registration for the 2020 PSDP convention in Rock Hill, South Carolina is now open! Join us to make heartwarming and psyche-strengthening memories April 3rd–6th. Register in 2019 for a 25% discount!

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July 18, 2019—PSDP celebrates turning seven by releasing this year’s convention pictures. Enjoy the cuteness (and alt-text descriptions)!

Graphic: SARAs 2.5/5, with 2.5 filled in with red

The average for service animal relief areas was not too high in our survey

July 15, 2019—Our USAUSA coalition’s airport survey ended July 11th. How do your responses compare with others? The results are in USAUSA’s “Assistance animal airport accessibility survey report“, ready to be previewed at an FAA conference for airport operators in July.

July 2, 2019—It’s the turn of the fiscal year. Our budget and financial report are now available when you check out Investing in PSDP.

June 26, 2019—Board member Brad Morris talks about solidarity in the service dog community in an interview for the international podcast “Spotlight on Assistance Dogs”.

June 10, 2019—After you (our community) beta-tested it, our Service Dog in Training (SDIT) Manners Evaluation’s page is now ready! We revamped the page—so we hope you find it appealing, but especially useful.

A screenshot of the title page of the PSDP's Service Dog in Training Manners Evaluation.

June 3, 2019—Video+: Our USAUSA coalition took your survey feedback to the US Department of Transportation as part of our new 358-page handbook, “The path to responsible air travel governance: A recent history of service animal recommendations“. Now you can view our speech to DOT officials to see what your support allows us to do in DC!

May 27, 2019—Video: “Service dog info for veterans and first responders“. This is a short message about how PSDP can help. Share this video to reach veterans or first responders in your network who might be a good fit for a service dog.

April 11, 2019—Video: “Hopeful psychiatric service dog resources from PSDP“. This is a short, inspirational message about how PSDP can help. Share this video to reach someone in your network who might be a good fit for a service dog.

March 28, 2019—Video: “Service dog role play: Intrusive public“. Content warning: This shows role playing among friends, but it gets very intense.

March 22, 2019—Convention registration ended March 4th. If you can’t make it to our South Carolina convention this year, at least you can enjoy our new convention videos! The first one is a kind of tour of the convention, while the second is a 60-second peek into the activities on our Public Access Test (PAT).

March 14, 2019—A pair of our board members were once again published in The Mighty, this time explaining “How Small Service Dogs Can Have Benefits Over Larger Dogs“.

February 12, 2019—Learn what various types of service dog users have to say about community solidarity. Our Feb. 1st press release now has a captioned recording of our guide dog conference panel, which is also here in tiny form:

February 1, 2019—PRESS RELEASE: Tired of old divisions, service dog users band together. The community of service dog users has historically suffered from internal segregation and cross-disability suspicion. Meet the advocates working to heal these divisions at a recent guide dog conference.

 

 

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