Kathy, an IT specialist, encountered challenges integrating her emotional support rabbit at work due to a colleagueâs emotional support dog. The potential conflict disrupted her therapeutic benefits, forcing her into hyperawareness. However, a simple shift in work schedules allowed both women to coexist happily with their animals. With increasing requests for emotional support animals in workplaces, organizations like the Business Disability Forum are adapting, as evidenced by an 80% rise in assessments over six years. This highlights a broader trend in accommodating ESAs to enhance employee well-being.
The calm was gone. I went into hyperaware overdrive, which destroyed all the therapeutic benefits for me of having an emotional support animal.
BDF's director noted a surge in ESA-related inquiries from employers, indicating a growing trend of employees wanting to bring pets into the workplace.
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