{"id":570,"date":"2022-08-23T22:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T03:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/arc\/?page_id=570"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:03:15","slug":"assistance-emotional-animal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/arc\/accommodations-services\/assistance-emotional-animal\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistance Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>An assistance animal, sometimes referred to as an emotional support animal, is an animal that provides a therapeutic benefit to a person with a disability. 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