Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Book Review: Bridging Differences within the Disability Community: The Assistance Dog Movement

Ed Eames, Co-Founder of the International Association  Assistance Dog Partners wrote Bridging Differences within the Disability Community: The Assistance Dog Movement in 2001. This succinct article provides a history of the service dog movement,culture, and community in the USA. Ever wonder when guide dogs became a reality in the US, How IAADP came to be, or what the estimated number of service dog partners are in the US? This article will answer these questions and more. As the Disability Community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the ADA , it is important to the ADA defined the term service animal on a federal level.

4 comments:

Beth and Alfie said...

Melissa, for some reason the link doesn't seem to be working -- is it just me? :-/

ROC said...

is there a link that works for this? thanks!

Melissa Mitchell said...

Sorry guys, the link is fixed... there was a slight error in the html code.

Beth and Alfie said...

Thank you!! What an interesting article!