Assistance dogs Assistance dogs An assistance dog is a dog that is specially trained to help a person with a disability. ...more on Wikipedia about "Assistance dog"
Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) is a non-profit organization with locations throughout the United States that trains assistance dogs and provides them to people with disabilities. Since the first placements in 1978, CCI has graduated over 2000 person/dog "teams", and adds to this number with about 150 new teams every year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canine Companions for Independence"
Guide dogs are assistance dogs trained to lead blind or visually impaired people around obstacles. They are commonly but incorrectly called "Seeing Eye" dogs, since Seeing Eye is the name of only one of many guide dog training schools. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guide dog"
Hearing dogs, called "signal dogs" in the past and also "sound alert dogs" or "hearing assist dogs," are a category of assistance dogs that are especially selected and trained to assist people who are deaf or hard of hearing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hearing dog"
A Psychiatric Service Dog is a dog that helps its handler with a mental (psychiatric) disability. Common mental disabilities that sometimes qualify a person for a service dog include, but are not limited to: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Autism, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Disorder, and Schizophrenia. Other psychiatric conditions which may also be assisted by the use of a psychiatric service dog may include Borderline Personality Disorder, Conversion Disorder, or Asperger's Syndrome, and many others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Psychiatric service dog"
Seizure-alert and -response dogs are a special type of assistance dog that are specifically trained to help someone who has epilepsy or is otherwise prone to seizures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Seizure alert dog"
A service dog is a type of assistance dog that is specially trained to help people who have disabilities other than visual or hearing impairment. Examples of these include Psychiatric service dogs, mobility assistance dogs, and seizure alert dogs. Service dogs are sometimes trained and bred by private organizations. In other cases, the disabled handler may train their dog themselves with the aid of a private trainer. While the law does not require any special labeling of these dogs, many service dogs can be identified by the cape, jacket, or harness they wear. ...more on Wikipedia about "Service dog"
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