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Guide dog

Index Guide dog

Guide dogs (also known as service animals, assistance animals or colloquially as seeing eye dogs), are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles. [1]

56 relations: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Animal-assisted therapy, Assistance dog, Aurora Leigh, Australia, Brasília Metro, Brazil, Canada, Circulatory system, Civil Rights Act of 1968, Color blindness, Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Dorothy Harrison Eustis, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Equality Act 2010, German Shepherd, Germany, Golden Retriever, Great Britain, Guide horse, Human, Islamic Sharia Council, Jakob von Uexküll, Labradoodle, Labrador Retriever, List of guide dog schools, Malta, Merseyside, Mexico, Morris Frank, Nashville, Tennessee, New Jersey, Nikolai Liakhoff, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Poodle, Portugal, Reasonable accommodation, Seeing Eye Dog, Service dog, South America, South Korea, South Korean won, Switzerland, The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, The Saturday Evening Post, The Seeing Eye, Thomas D. Schall, Traffic sign, United Kingdom, United States, ..., United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Visual impairment, Vizsla, Wallasey, White cane, World War I. Expand index (6 more) »

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

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Animal-assisted therapy

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a type of therapy that involves animals as a form of treatment.

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Assistance dog

In general, an assistance dog is trained to aid or assist an individual with a disability.

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Aurora Leigh

Aurora Leigh (1856) is an epic novel/poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Brasília Metro

The Brasília Metro (Portuguese: Metrô de Brasília, commonly called Metrô) is the rapid transit system of the Federal District, serving Brasília, the federal capital of Brazil.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Circulatory system

The circulatory system, also called the cardiovascular system or the vascular system, is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body to provide nourishment and help in fighting diseases, stabilize temperature and pH, and maintain homeostasis.

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Civil Rights Act of 1968

The Civil Rights Act of 1968,, also known as the Fair Housing Act, is a landmark part of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin and made it a federal crime to “by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone … by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin.” The Act was signed into law during the King assassination riots by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had previously signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law.

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Color blindness

Color blindness, also known as color vision deficiency, is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color.

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Disability Discrimination Act 1992

The Disability Discrimination Act is an act passed by the Parliament of Australia in which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, education, publicly-available premises, provision of goods and services, accommodation, clubs and associations, and other contexts.

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Dorothy Harrison Eustis

Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis (May 30, 1886 – September 8, 1946) was an American dog breeder and philanthropist, who founded The Seeing Eye, the first dog guide school for the blind in the United States.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett,; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime.

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Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and has the same goals as the four major EU Equal Treatment Directives, whose provisions it mirrors and implements.

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German Shepherd

The German Shepherd (Deutscher Schäferhund) is a breed of medium to large-sized working dog that originated in Germany.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Golden Retriever

The Golden Retriever is a large-sized breed of dog bred as gun dogs to retrieve shot waterfowl such as ducks and upland game birds during hunting and shooting parties, and were named 'retriever' because of their ability to retrieve shot game undamaged (soft mouth).

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Guide horse

A guide horse is an alternative mobility option for blind people who do not wish to or cannot use a guide dog.

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Human

Humans (taxonomically Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina.

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Islamic Sharia Council

The Islamic Sharia Council (ISC) is a British organisation that provides legal rulings and advice to Muslims in accordance with its interpretation of Islamic Sharia based on the four Sunni schools of thought.

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Jakob von Uexküll

Jakob Johann Baron von Uexküll (8 September 1864 – 25 July 1944) was a Baltic German biologist who worked in the fields of muscular physiology, animal behaviour studies, and the cybernetics of life.

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Labradoodle

A labradoodle is a crossbreed dog created by crossing the Labrador Retriever and the Standard, Miniature or Toy Poodle.

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Labrador Retriever

The Labrador Retriever, or just Labrador, is a type of retriever-gun dog.

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List of guide dog schools

A list of notable guide dog schools worldwide.

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Malta

Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Morris Frank

Morris Frank (March 23, 1908 – November 22, 1980) was a founder of the first guide-dog school in the United States.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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Nikolai Liakhoff

Nikolai Liakhoff, MBE (1897–1962) was a Russian guide dog trainer.

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Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) is an agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Poodle

The poodle is a group of formal dog breeds, the Standard Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Reasonable accommodation

A reasonable accommodation is an adjustment made in a system to accommodate or make fair the same system for an individual based on a proven need.

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Seeing Eye Dog

Seeing Eye Dog is the seventh studio album by the American alternative metal band Helmet, released on September 7, 2010 via Work Song, the label imprint shared by singer/songwriter Joe Henry and Helmet mainman Page Hamilton's manager.

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Service dog

A service dog is a type of assistance dog specifically trained to help people who have disabilities, such as visual impairment, hearing impairments, mental disorders (such as post traumatic stress disorder), seizures, mobility impairment, and diabetes.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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South Korean won

The won (원,; symbol: ₩; code: KRW) or the Korean Republic Won is the currency of South Korea.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (working name Guide Dogs) is a British charitable organisation founded in 1934.

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The Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year.

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The Seeing Eye

The Seeing Eye, Inc.

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Thomas D. Schall

Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician.

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Traffic sign

Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government.

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Visual impairment

Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses.

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Vizsla

The Vizsla is a dog breed originating in Hungary, which belongs under the FCI group 7 (Pointer group).

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Wallasey

Wallasey is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey, at the northeastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula.

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White cane

A white cane is used by many people who are blind or visually impaired.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_dog

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