All posts tagged 'service dogs'

Pets Help Mental State Of ‘Average Joe,’ And Brain-Damaged

Posted on February 19th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

New research has found that pets not only provide social and emotional support for those with disabilities, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), but also for the so-called average Joe. At least that was the finding of a study recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and..
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Another Service Dog Story

Posted on May 1st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

It is no surprise to me, that people are more open talking about their pets than themselves. We often enjoy hearing about them more too.. On May 1, 2008, at 7:50 PM, PR Latenser wrote: I noted your blog comments where you defended service dogs… Let me tell you about..
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Service Dog Discrimination Issues

Posted on April 10th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

EDITORS NOTE: Yesterday, we talked about the “invisible injury” nature of brain injury, specifically with respect to public recognition of the role of seizure dogs. I had intended to next write about seeing the invisible, thru following the patterns of the footprints, but have decided to wait for that until..
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Seizure Dogs and Brain Injury/Seizure Disorders

Posted on April 9th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

I have never been a big fan of the politically correct terms when discussing brain injury, hence my own coining of the term ©Subtle Brain Injury in 1999. See http://subtlebraininjury.com Having served on several boards where all they did was argue about what were the appropriate 30 words to put..
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