Assistance animals help with many things!
Assistance animals help hundreds of Victorians to live independent lives. They assist their owners by giving them
a greater sense of freedom through helping them with many things, such as…
- Assistance animals help people to balance if they have walking difficulties
- Assistance animals help with opening and closing doors, drawers and fridges
- Assistance animals help with pushing pedestrian crossing buttons
- Assistance animals bark to alert their owners to danger
- Assistance animals alert people to seizures (sometimes before they occur) or other medical issues, such as
- low blood sugar in a diabetic child
- Assistance animals retrieve or pick up items like mobile phones or keys
- Assistance animals can help with a number of different mental health issues such as anxiety and post
- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Assistance animals help with many things!
You make the difference!
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