http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:47:03 PST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/pet-toxin-tips.php Service Animals The holidays are stressful enough without having to worry about a potentially poisoned pet. Below is a list of holiday-related decorations, plants and food items that the veterinarians at Pet Poison Helpline recommend keeping away from pets. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:41:13 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/pet-toxin-tips.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/service-animal-laws.php Service Animals Questions and answers regarding service animals in places of business including ADA law requirements. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:31:50 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/service-animal-laws.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/poison-pet-toxins.php Service Animals Summertime brings new opportunities for potential pet exposures to harmful and dangerous substances. During the summer months, Pet Poison Helpline (PPH) is inundated with calls involving yard and garden products (including bone meal, fertilizers, and insecticides), mulch and compost pile ingestions, and exposures to outdoor plants and mushrooms. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:33:46 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/poison-pet-toxins.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/halloween-pet-safety.php Service Animals Holidays can bring unique foods and materials into the house that pose special threats to animals. Halloween, with its costumes and candy, can be a dangerous and stressful time for a pet. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:44:27 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/halloween-pet-safety.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/pet-poison-helpline.php Service Animals Pet Poison Helpline is a service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for pet owners, veterinarians and vet staff who require assistance treating a potentially poisoned pet. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:25:56 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/pet-poison-helpline.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/service-dogs-ontario.php Service Animals Service dogs have been recognized in the community for many years as guide dogs and hearing assist dogs. In the last twenty years or so, assistance dogs have been recognized for helping physically challenged people. More recently, Therapy dogs are becoming better known in the health care industry. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:02:59 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/service-dogs-ontario.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/queensland-guide-dogs.php Service Animals Starting this very day in Queensland, all guide, hearing, and assistance dogs have access to public places, public passenger vehicles and planes; according to Queensland legislation. The Minister for Disability Services has placed tougher fines in relation to the new legislation which will begin on September first as well. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:59:32 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/queensland-guide-dogs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/southeastern-guide-dogs.php Service Animals Southeastern Guide Dogs mission is to create and nurture a partnership between a visually impaired individual and a guide dog, facilitating life’s journey with mobility, independence and dignity. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:30:28 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/southeastern-guide-dogs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/guide-dogs-blind.php Service Animals Guide Dogs for the Blind provides enhanced mobility to qualified individuals through partnership with dogs whose unique skills are developed and nurtured by dedicated volunteers and a professional staff. Roughly 10,000 people use guide dogs in the US and Canada. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:13:01 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/guide-dogs-blind.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/legitimate.php Service Animals Many people are interested in volunteering a dog they own for service dog training and this is very commendable. Service dogs are those that assist the disabled in many different ways. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:13:35 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/legitimate.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/hunting-therapy-dogs.php Service Animals Many of the sporting breeds are used for service dog training. A service dog is generally an assistance dog who is trained to help people with a disability. Hunting dogs also excel at therapy dog training. Therapy dogs visit nursing home residents, people in hospitals, and children in schools. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:24:41 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/hunting-therapy-dogs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/monkey-helpers.php Service Animals In the 1970s, a Tufts University psychologist had the idea that it might be possible to teach monkeys to help care for quadriplegics. Since then, an organization called Helping Hands has placed more than 100 monkeys with disabled individuals, and many say these primates have changed their lives. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:06:27 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/monkey-helpers.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/guide-dogs.php Service Animals This article is designed to give an insight to how guides dogs work and what we should be aware of when meeting one in its working environment. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:28:37 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/guide-dogs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/training-guide-dogs.php Service Animals Seeing eye dogs who are also referred as assistance dogs are trained to guide the blind and the visually impaired around obstacles that they would come across in daily life activities. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:50:59 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/training-guide-dogs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/guide-dogs-alzheimers.php Service Animals The use of dogs to assist people in need has been a time tested methodology for years. The benefits are numerous and clear. A movement is now underway to extend the use of guide dogs to assist patients with Alzheimer's and their caregivers as well. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:41:43 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/guide-dogs-alzheimers.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/guide-dog-history.php Service Animals When exactly the idea of using animals as a visual assistance for the blind came about is not clearly known. Dogs have often been used for this purpose in different cultures for a long time. However, it is widely known that a guide dog program formally came into existence only post World War I. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:34:04 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/guide-dog-history.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/flying-service-animals.php Service Animals While you are talking with the service representative be sure and ask the exact documentation and requirements for your service animal with that airline, always remember that each airline may have individual requirements and certificates in order for your service animal to accompany you while flying. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:20:53 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/flying-service-animals.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/drivers-lessons.php Service Animals I saw a lady with a guide dog pass my window. Before she had managed to disappear from view she stopped. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:38:24 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/serviceanimals/drivers-lessons.php