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  2. Autism assistance dog - Wikipedia

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    He placed a dog named Shade with an autistic child in 1997. Autism is a lifelong disability with characteristics that vary from person to person. [1] [2] Training for autism assistance dogs is similar to guide dog training. [3] Autism assistance dogs usually cost between $12,000 and $30,000. There is often a long wait list for autism assistant ...

  3. Rosie O’Donnell Begins Filming Doc About Service Dogs for ...

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    The doc will highlight O’Donnell acquiring a dog, Kuma, for her 11-year-old child Clay in January. ... sales of the bakery’s new special guide dog cupcake will benefit the organization.

  4. Special Needs Labrador Trying So Hard to Make Friends at the ...

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    "POV: other dogs ignore your special needs dog so she just prances around looking for friends," the text overlay reads. Someone play with this good girl — STAT. "But she's smiling the whole time!"

  5. Assistance dog - Wikipedia

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    The tasks that an assistance dog is trained to perform will differ based on the handler's disabilities and needs. Examples of tasks include alerting to a fire alarm or doorbell, retrieving a medication during a medical episode, pulling a wheelchair, retrieving an item that has been dropped by the handler, and turning on lights.

  6. Paws of War Sends Adorable Therapy Dogs To Camp For ... - AOL

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    Therapy dogs provide comfort, affection, and emotional support to individuals in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and other facilities, like Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck. Therapy dogs reduce anxiety and stress.

  7. Service animal - Wikipedia

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    A service animal is an animal that has been trained to assist a disabled person. The animal needs to be individually trained to do tasks that directly relate to the handler's disability, which goes beyond the ordinary training that a pet receives [3] [4] and the non-individualized training that a therapy dog receives.

  8. 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.

  9. Senior Who Adopted Special Needs Pup Encourages Others ... - AOL

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    Jeanette wanted a low-energy dog to share her home with that she could provide a life of luxury, and that came in the form of a a 10-year-old senior Carolina dog mix named Beluga. View the ...

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