DATE

To whom it may concern:

I’m writing today toward providing Workplace or Housing with verification of need around XXX’s reasonable accommodation request.  As a trained and licensed mental health therapist, I have reason to believe that XXX has a disability, that it impacts several major life activities, that an accommodation to their work life is necessary, and that this accommodation will achieve its purpose.

My client, XXX, meets the definition of disability under federal civil rights laws.  According to federal law:

1. ”The ADA applies to housing programs administered by state and local governments, such as public housing authorities, and by places of public accommodation, such as public and private universities.  In addition, the Fair Housing Act applies to virtually all types of housing, both public and privately-owned, including housing covered by the ADA.  Under the Fair Housing Act, housing providers are obligated to permit, as a reasonable accommodation, the use of animals that work, provide assistance, or perform tasks that benefit persons with disabilities, or provide emotional support to alleviate a symptom or effect of a disability.”

OR 2. The ADA states that while “individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to make modifications to existing facilities and practices, exclusionary qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or other opportunities […] the Nation’s proper goals regarding individuals with disabilities are to assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for such individuals.” As such, “no covered entity shall discriminate against a qualified individual on the basis of disability in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment

To that end, I report that due to disability, XXX has difficulty with calming in the presence of particular thoughts and emotions.  These emotions are triggered by stressors, including those stressors that occur in the workplace.  Over the RECENT PAST, THIS THING has proven to sufficiently assist XXX with calming during stressful situations related to their disability.

It is my clinical belief that THIS TREATMENT (EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL / SHORTENED WORKWEEK / ADJUSTMENT OF EXAMINATIONS / CONCRETE TRAINING MATERIALS OR POLICIES) is necessary at this time for treatment of XXX’s disability.  Without such treatment, my client is likely to continue to struggle with calming mental and emotional difficulties related to their disability. In my clinical opinion, having assessed and treated XXX from DATE to the present, alternative treatments will be relatively ineffective for treatment of their disability.

It is my sincere hope that this request for a reasonable accommodation will provide sufficient information to assist XXX with their reasonable accommodation request.  If you have further questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to email me at this address or to call me at PHONE NUMBER.  Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

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