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Parent asks DeBary council for rooster accommodation as therapy for child with autism
Summary
A DeBary mother asked the council to allow her son to keep chickens and roosters as a therapeutic accommodation under disability protections; she cited a 2022 local ordinance and federal reasonable-accommodation principles and offered mitigation measures such as coop placement and noise controls.
At a City of DeBary meeting in January, Barbara Velasquez told the council she was seeking an accommodation to allow her son Maverick, who has autism, to keep chickens and roosters at their home for therapeutic benefit. "We are willing to work with the city on reasonable conditions, including coop location, cleanup procedures and noise management," Velasquez said, and asked the council to consider medical and evidence-based benefits of animal-assisted interaction.
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