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2. NEADS Inc. - Wikipedia

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   NEADS Inc. began in 1976 as The Hearing Ear Dog Program, on the Lenox, Massachusetts campus of Holliston Junior College.With seed money from the Medfield Lions Club, students in the Animal Care Program determined that hearing dogs could be trained to become "ears" for people who are deaf or hearing impaired.

3. 5 unexpected ways service and emotional support dogs ... - AOL

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   Easing reading anxiety. Intermountain Therapy Animals, based in Salt Lake City, has pioneered the concept of animal-assisted education since it established the Reading Education Assistance Dogs ...

4. Canine Companions for Independence - Wikipedia

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   Canine Companions trains different types of working dogs: service dogs (e.g., mobility assistance dogs, service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder), skilled companions trained to work with an adult or child with a disability under the guidance of a facilitator, hearing dogs for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, and dogs for "facility teams."

5. Autism assistance dog - Wikipedia

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   Autism assistance dogs are trained to perform specific tasks to help their owners live independently and navigate the world. Autism assistant dogs often perform tasks like DPT (Deep Pressure Therapy), back/front block, crowd control, alerting to sounds such as timers or a fire alarm, medication reminders, self-injury interruption, retrieving dropped items and other tasks to help calm anxiety ...

6. The 20 Best Small Dogs for Kids and Families When You ... - AOL

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   Pai-Shih Lee/Getty Images. Group: non-sporting Height: 9.5-11.5 inches Weight: 12-18 pounds Personality: cheerful, adaptable Energy Level: moderate Coat and Color: curly double coat, low shedding ...

7. Life-changing companions: How to afford a service dog - AOL

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   Bankrate insights. About 1 in 4 U.S. adults have some type of disability.There are approximately 500,000 service dogs in the U.S. alone.. The average cost of getting a trained service dog in the U ...