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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Guide dogs are mobility aids that facilitate independent travel of people who are blind or visually impaired. Additional benefits imparted to the guide dog handler include companionship, and increased: social-function, self-esteem and confidence.
Janice Lloyd +3 more
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Current Perspectives on the Challenges of Implementing Assistance Dogs in Human Mental Health Care
Veterinary Sciences, 2023 The prevalence of mental health disorders, driven by current global crises, is notably high. During the past decades, the popularity of dogs assisting humans with a wide spectrum of mental health disorders has significantly increased.
Sandra Foltin, Lisa Maria Glenk
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Augmented collar for assistance dog [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper we present briefly our reflexion on how to communicate with a dog using embedded devices. We also present the prototype collar we made in order to improve the communication between an assistance dog and his disabled ...
Duhaut, Dominique +3 more
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Community Awareness of Assistance Dog Public Access Rights among Australian Adults
Human-animal interaction bulletin, 2022 Assistance dogs fill a wide variety of disability assistance roles. In many jurisdictions, assistance dogs have the legal right to enter public places with their handlers, including those that are typically off-limits to pet animals.
T. Howell, Pauleen C. Bennett
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Issues Regarding the Welfare of Assistance Dogs
Animals, 2022 While the roles and efficacy of assistance animals have received attention in the literature, there has been less research focused on animal welfare issues regarding assistance animals. This is a pertinent area, given the burgeoning of types of assistance animals, situations in which they are employed, and access issues arising from increased ...
Amanda Salmon +4 more
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Investigation of measures to reduce dog attacks and promote responsible ownership amongst dog owners with dog control issues in the UK [PDF]
, 2021 The overall aim of the project is to identify methods to reduce dog attacks and dog control issues as well as provide evidence-based recommendations to promote responsible dog ownership amongst owners with dog control issues.
Miles, L., Nurse, A., Guest, C.
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Audiology Research, 2023 This study aimed to explore perceptions and experiences about how owning a hearing dog can influence the functioning and the autonomy of people with hearing loss. Three adults participated in a semi-structured interview.
Audrey Lalancette +2 more
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Society & Animals, 2022 Disabled individuals can and do lead successful careers as assistance dog instructors. However, the international percentage of professional disabled instructors is significantly lower than their able-bodied colleagues.
Tiamat Warda
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What Factors Are Associated with Positive Effects of Dog Ownership in Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder? The Development of the Lincoln Autism Pet Dog Impact Scale. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Scientific literature exploring the value of assistance dogs to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is rapidly emerging. However, there is comparably less literature reporting the effects of pet (as opposed to assistance) dogs to these children.
Sophie Susannah Hall +2 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Japan learnt how to promote assistance dogs effectively by deliberating the issues and challenges that surrounded assistance dogs in the USA and Europe and the Act on Assistance Dogs for Physically Disabled Persons was issued in 2002.
Tomoko Takayanagi, Mariko Yamamoto
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