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2. 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 ...

3. NEADS Inc. - Wikipedia

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   The first Service Dogs for Veterans (formerly known as Canines for Combat Veterans) service dog, Rainbow, was placed in 2006 with Sergeant Roland Paquette, an Afghanistan war vet who lost both his legs. Rainbow was trained by an inmate at the Northeast Correctional Center. [6] NEADS has provided service dogs to veterans at no cost since 2006.

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

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   Cameras will begin to roll this week on Rosie O’Donnell’s new documentary, “Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Autism.” The film, co-directed by award-winning filmmakers ...

5. 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."

6. 'A life companion': These service dogs are helping veterans ...

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   But getting a service dog for veterans with PTSD is still a challenge. “The waitlist for service dogs on average tends to be two years. That was the average before Covid. Right now, we know the ...

7. Dogs Are Helping Comfort Veterans Diagnosed With PTSD - AOL

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   Signed into law August of 2021, the PAWS Act requires the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program where veterans diagnosed with PTSD train service dogs for other ...