Who Might Qualify For Assistance
From a Service Dog?

 

Mobility Stability

Adults and children who have difficulty walking for a variety of reasons (cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic bursitis, birth defects, post-stroke).

Adults and children who are limited in their range of motion, thereby preventing them from executing everyday tasks (opening the refrigerator, retrieving fallen objects, dressing without assistance, entering and exiting their home and public places).

Seizure Alert/Response

Adults and children who have been diagnosed with seizures and are experiencing break through seizure episodes despite medication.

Medical Alert/Response

Adults and children who have invisible disabilities that require medical intervention when physical changes arise (diabetes, hypoglycemia, asthma, emphysema, COPD, nephrosis, and ulcers.

Hearing Assistance

Adults and children who are hearing impaired which is not correctable to normal with hearing aids or those who are at great risk when their hearing aids are removed (i.e. while sleeping or bathing).

Psychiatric

Adults and children diagnosed with invisible disabilities that require intervention by another person trained to help (notifying  a person in another room, pushing a panic button, retrieving medication, helping maintain a connection with reality). Providing a point of connection for partners diagnosed with clinical depression, alerting to episodes and responding by notification or physical touch intervention.

Adults and children that require intervention during incidents or episodes of repetitive behavior (autism, obsessive compulsive disorder).