now i don't know what this is either but the name of the item sounds promising

Just going to jump in immediately with my thoughts as a disabled person with an ESA, since I often see a lot of anti-ESA sentiment from people I would expect to be allys.

If you understand the actual law - no one “abuses” the ESA policy. There has never been an ESA registration. It has been a note from an actual medical professional that you see for treatment stating that the animal is medically necessary, and this only applied to housing.

Anyone who accepted “ESA registrations” didn’t understand the law, anyone who said ESAs could be in public places did not follow the law.

You should not be okay with punishing disabled people because other people aren’t following the law.

Maybe fine people who break the law and put that money towards programs that improve the lives of disabled people.

Also: Article from The New York Times (paywalled)

Article from The New York Times (paywall removed :))