His kennel, Ry-Con Service Dogs, was just a couple of hours away, and he, too, had a child with autism. The service dog industry — particularly in the field of “psychiatric” service dogs for people with autism and post-traumatic stress disorder — has exploded in recent years. But the Americans with Disabilities Act does not require that a service dog be professionally trained or certified. “So it’s a very broad, wide-open barn door.”The ADA allows people to train their own service dogs. “Most if not all of the consumers had no prior experience with service dogs or the training of service animals.

Source: Hindustan Times May 03, 2019 06:33 UTC