Assists person during or immediately before or after a seizure
A Seizure Response Dog can be brought to restaurants or other businesses.
Service dog for a boy with autism and seizures calms him during hospital stay.
A seizure response dog (SRD ) (also known as seizure dog ) is a dog demonstrating specific assisting behaviour during or immediately after a person's epileptic seizure or other seizure.[ 1] [ 2] When reliably trained such dogs can serve as service dogs for people with epilepsy .[ 3]
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