Children with cerebral palsy often have difficulty walking, which can affect their relationships with peers and overall quality of life. People with visual impairment can experience similar ...

Assistance dogs are active caregivers, according to a new study by the University of Turku and Aalto University in Finland.

A recent study shows that assistance dogs do not only help people with practical tasks, but actively contribute to their care ...

Service dogs are highly trained animals that assist individuals with specific disabilities, like blindness, hearing loss, ...

Service dogs can be trained for a variety of tasks, including guiding individuals with visual impairments, alerting individuals with hearing impairments, and providing mobility assistance for ...

What different types of service dogs are there? According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disabilities can be mental, physical, sensory, intellectual, and psychiatric. Given this ...

Assistance dogs are best known for their ability to help those who are visually impaired. However, did you know there are several additional tasks they’re trained for? Here are seven surprising jobs ...

Parents of children with variable levels of walking impairment perceive significant quality of life improvements in their children after six months of living with a mobility assistance dog, according ...

It seems more common than ever to see dogs strolling through stores with their human companions. Many of these pups are family pets that owners seemingly want to have close by at all times, but quite ...

LOUDON COUNTY, Tenn — Smoky Mountain Service Dogs "passed the leash" of a freshly-graduated mobility assistance dog to an Air Force veteran and 9/11 survivor on Friday. Service dog "Hondo" is now ...