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Australia News Beep @[email protected] · 2026-08-12 · 23:40 UTC

‘I wasn’t there’: Life with dissociative identity disorder

For Ashley Curtis, life with dissociative identity disorder left him feeling like his world was shrinking. Then a…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/au/853116/

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Australia News Beep @[email protected] · 2026-08-12 · 23:40 UTC

‘I wasn’t there’: Life with dissociative identity disorder

For Ashley Curtis, life with dissociative identity disorder left him feeling like his world was shrinking. Then a…
#NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #assistancedog #AU #Australia #dissociativeidentitydisorder #Health #MentalHealth #ndia #ndis
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/853116/

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UK @[email protected] · 2026-08-12 · 21:43 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1145056/ ‘I wasn’t there’: Life with dissociative identity disorder #AssistanceDog #DissociativeIdentityDisorder #Health #MentalHealth #ndia #ndis #UK #UnitedKingdom

#unitedkingdom #uk #ndis #ndia #mentalhealth #health

Ireland @[email protected] · 2026-08-12 · 20:46 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/ie/633813/ ‘I wasn’t there’: Life with dissociative identity disorder #AssistanceDog #DissociativeIdentityDisorder #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #MentalHealth #MentalHealth #ndia #ndis

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Kit Peters @[email protected] · 2026-05-15 · 17:36 UTC

CARMARTHEN: ‘Having Jeff means people recognise I might need help’ — how a Red Fox Labrador gave a mum her life back after long Covid and heart failure

Emma Reardon had learned to live with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome — a lifelong connective tissue disorder — while holding down a full-time career and raising her child in Carmarthen.

Then the pandemic hit. She was struck down with long Covid, and later diagnosed with heart failure. The triple blow left the 53-year-old — who sometimes uses a wheelchair or mobility scooter — struggling to hold on to the life she had built.

“My illness zapped me of my confidence and stopped me in my tracks,” said Emma, a former social care manager who now works part-time as director of a non-profit autism organisation. “I went from being someone who was full-time employed and a full-time mum to someone who’s now working part time because of my health.”

“A combination of all these conditions meant I couldn’t live the lifestyle I had before,” she added.

She got her Red Fox Labrador, Jeff, as a six-month-old pup — partly to feel less isolated. It was the beginning of something neither of them knew they needed.

“He did start getting me out, and I realised how much he loved to work,” she said.

After spotting a Support Dogs advert on social media in late 2024, Emma applied to the national charity, which trains and provides assistance dogs free of charge for people with autism, epilepsy and physical conditions. Jeff spent a month at their training centre, cared for by volunteer foster families on evenings and weekends.

Emma then joined him for two weeks of handler training, and the pair spent the following nine months putting everything into practice back home in Wales.

Jeff is now trained to act as Emma’s personal carer around the clock. He accompanies her to work and hospital appointments, presses access buttons and opens doors — a particular help when Emma is using her wheelchair or scooter — and retrieves dropped items including her mobile phone.

“He picks things up I drop, because bending over is difficult for me,” said Emma. “And he helps me on and off with my jacket and my socks and gloves.”

But the impact goes well beyond the practical tasks. Emma’s disability is not always visible to others — and Jeff changes that.

“Sometimes people assume I’m Jeff’s trainer, because my disability isn’t visible,” she said. “So having Jeff means people do recognise that I might need a bit of space, or a bit of help.”

She said simply having him by her side gives her a confidence she had lost entirely.

“Those are the tasks he’s trained in, but more than that, just having him with me means when I go out I just feel more confident,” she said. “It’s two-fold — I could look like I’m fine when I’m not fine.”

Emma described the experience of having Jeff trained as life-changing. “It’s got me out and about. It’s got me taking part in life much more and feeling much less defined by my illness or disability,” she said. “Having Jeff, it’s about what I can do now, whereas before, it was about lots of things I found I couldn’t do. I can’t thank Support Dogs enough.” Support Dogs relies entirely on voluntary donations to provide its services free of charge. Anyone who would like to find out more or support the charity can visit supportdogs.org.uk.

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Bytes Europe @[email protected] · 2025-10-03 · 22:09 UTC

Woman with disability twice denied permission to fly with assistance dog by Air New Zealand https://www.byteseu.com/1417865/ #AirNewZealand #AirTravel #Airlines #AnimalsOnPlanes #AssistanceAnimal #AssistanceDog #ChangedPolicy #ConfidentialSettlement #Disability #DogsOnPlanes #flying #JusticeAndEquityCentre #NewZealand #PostTraumaticStressDisorder #PTSD #QueenslandHumanRightsCommission #review

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Ian Robinson @[email protected] · 2025-09-26 · 22:34 UTC

Dogs with Jobs - UTV Northern Ireland.

An YouTube playlist with eight 22-minute episodes of season 2 of the UTV Northern Ireland TV show about assistance dogs of various kinds. Guide dogs, assistance dogs etc.

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSw4kcAGGbMalPlCa4vgOtsH5YnBbyVx

#Dogs #GuideDog #AssistanceDog

#dogs #guidedog #assistancedog

Ian Robinson @[email protected] · 2025-09-26 · 22:34 UTC

Dogs with Jobs - UTV Northern Ireland.

An YouTube playlist with eight 22-minute episodes of season 2 of the UTV Northern Ireland TV show about assistance dogs of various kinds. Guide dogs, assistance dogs etc.

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSw4kcAGGbMalPlCa4vgOtsH5YnBbyVx

#Dogs #GuideDog #AssistanceDog

#dogs #guidedog #assistancedog

Ian Robinson @[email protected] · 2025-09-26 · 22:34 UTC

Dogs with Jobs - UTV Northern Ireland.

An YouTube playlist with eight 22-minute episodes of season 2 of the UTV Northern Ireland TV show about assistance dogs of various kinds. Guide dogs, assistance dogs etc.

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSw4kcAGGbMalPlCa4vgOtsH5YnBbyVx

#Dogs #GuideDog #AssistanceDog

#dogs #guidedog #assistancedog

Ian Robinson @[email protected] · 2025-09-26 · 22:34 UTC

Dogs with Jobs - UTV Northern Ireland.

An YouTube playlist with eight 22-minute episodes of season 2 of the UTV Northern Ireland TV show about assistance dogs of various kinds. Guide dogs, assistance dogs etc.

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSw4kcAGGbMalPlCa4vgOtsH5YnBbyVx

#Dogs #GuideDog #AssistanceDog

#assistancedog #guidedog #dogs

Ian Robinson @[email protected] · 2025-09-26 · 22:34 UTC

Dogs with Jobs - UTV Northern Ireland.

An YouTube playlist with eight 22-minute episodes of season 2 of the UTV Northern Ireland TV show about assistance dogs of various kinds. Guide dogs, assistance dogs etc.

YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvSw4kcAGGbMalPlCa4vgOtsH5YnBbyVx

#Dogs #GuideDog #AssistanceDog

#dogs #guidedog #assistancedog

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-24 · 19:01 UTC

I made a new post for my doggy patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/leafy-wicked-137248573

Super cute fall vibe photo plus freeee wallpapers!

They still so cute but I am endlessly still surprised when I look at their baby photos that they're this huge 80lb fluff ball now lol

-- :gay_cactus:

#doggyverse #dogs #disabledArtist #serviceDog #assistanceDog #actuallyAutistic #AutisticOfColor

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5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-24 · 19:01 UTC

I made a new post for my doggy patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/leafy-wicked-137248573

Super cute fall vibe photo plus freeee wallpapers!

They still so cute but I am endlessly still surprised when I look at their baby photos that they're this huge 80lb fluff ball now lol

-- :gay_cactus:

#doggyverse #dogs #disabledArtist #serviceDog #assistanceDog #actuallyAutistic #AutisticOfColor

#doggyverse #dogs #disabledartist #servicedog #assistancedog #actuallyautistic

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-24 · 19:01 UTC

I made a new post for my doggy patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/leafy-wicked-137248573

Super cute fall vibe photo plus freeee wallpapers!

They still so cute but I am endlessly still surprised when I look at their baby photos that they're this huge 80lb fluff ball now lol

-- :gay_cactus:

#doggyverse #dogs #disabledArtist #serviceDog #assistanceDog #actuallyAutistic #AutisticOfColor

#autisticofcolor #actuallyautistic #assistancedog #servicedog #disabledartist #dogs

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-24 · 19:01 UTC

I made a new post for my doggy patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/leafy-wicked-137248573

Super cute fall vibe photo plus freeee wallpapers!

They still so cute but I am endlessly still surprised when I look at their baby photos that they're this huge 80lb fluff ball now lol

-- :gay_cactus:

#doggyverse #dogs #disabledArtist #serviceDog #assistanceDog #actuallyAutistic #AutisticOfColor

#doggyverse #dogs #disabledartist #servicedog #assistancedog #actuallyautistic

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-08 · 00:14 UTC

Did you know it's International Assistance Dog week! I totally did for realz

And definitely in celebration, I posted a bunch of cute puppy photos of my #assistanceDog on their patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-puppy-of-me-135979564

Become a patron to support this assistance dog (and their huemon and cat family!)

-- :gay_cactus:

p.s. I definitely only just found out today haha

#serviceDog #dogs #disability #alderconeSupportCrew

#assistancedog #servicedog #dogs #disability #alderconesupportcrew

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-08 · 00:14 UTC

Did you know it's International Assistance Dog week! I totally did for realz

And definitely in celebration, I posted a bunch of cute puppy photos of my #assistanceDog on their patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-puppy-of-me-135979564

Become a patron to support this assistance dog (and their huemon and cat family!)

-- :gay_cactus:

p.s. I definitely only just found out today haha

#serviceDog #dogs #disability #alderconeSupportCrew

#assistancedog #servicedog #dogs #disability #alderconesupportcrew

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-08 · 00:14 UTC

Did you know it's International Assistance Dog week! I totally did for realz

And definitely in celebration, I posted a bunch of cute puppy photos of my #assistanceDog on their patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-puppy-of-me-135979564

Become a patron to support this assistance dog (and their huemon and cat family!)

-- :gay_cactus:

p.s. I definitely only just found out today haha

#serviceDog #dogs #disability #alderconeSupportCrew

#alderconesupportcrew #disability #dogs #servicedog #assistancedog

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-08 · 00:14 UTC

Did you know it's International Assistance Dog week! I totally did for realz

And definitely in celebration, I posted a bunch of cute puppy photos of my #assistanceDog on their patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-puppy-of-me-135979564

Become a patron to support this assistance dog (and their huemon and cat family!)

-- :gay_cactus:

p.s. I definitely only just found out today haha

#serviceDog #dogs #disability #alderconeSupportCrew

#assistancedog #servicedog #dogs #disability #alderconesupportcrew

Wikimedia Belgium @[email protected] · 2025-08-05 · 13:06 UTC

🐶✨ 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗴 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟯-𝟵 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁!

Assistance dogs come in all forms: guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs, buddy dogs, epilepsy dogs, autism dogs...

All make a world of difference.

❗ Refusing such a dog = discrimination.

🐕 Do you know the difference between assistance dogs and social dogs or institutional dogs?

Find out here: https://w.wiki/Ewrf

#AssistanceDogs #Inclusion #Accessibility #AssistanceDog #IADW2025 #FreedomOnFourPaws

#freedomonfourpaws #iadw2025 #assistancedog #accessibility #inclusion #assistancedogs

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-03 · 18:44 UTC

I took a photo of my dog that makes a great wallpaper, and uploaded it to buy on my dog's #patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135636650

(It's free to download if you're a member! https://www.patreon.com/wickedflare)

Anyway I had fun making it and am actually using it! Its so warm and cute :blobfoxheartcute:

-- :gay_cactus:

#dogs #serviceDog #assistanceDog #DisabledArtist #alderconeSupportCrew

#patreon #dogs #servicedog #assistancedog #disabledartist #alderconesupportcrew

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-03 · 18:44 UTC

I took a photo of my dog that makes a great wallpaper, and uploaded it to buy on my dog's #patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135636650

(It's free to download if you're a member! https://www.patreon.com/wickedflare)

Anyway I had fun making it and am actually using it! Its so warm and cute :blobfoxheartcute:

-- :gay_cactus:

#dogs #serviceDog #assistanceDog #DisabledArtist #alderconeSupportCrew

#patreon #dogs #servicedog #assistancedog #disabledartist #alderconesupportcrew

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-03 · 18:44 UTC

I took a photo of my dog that makes a great wallpaper, and uploaded it to buy on my dog's #patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135636650

(It's free to download if you're a member! https://www.patreon.com/wickedflare)

Anyway I had fun making it and am actually using it! Its so warm and cute :blobfoxheartcute:

-- :gay_cactus:

#dogs #serviceDog #assistanceDog #DisabledArtist #alderconeSupportCrew

#alderconesupportcrew #disabledartist #assistancedog #servicedog #dogs #patreon

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-08-03 · 18:44 UTC

I took a photo of my dog that makes a great wallpaper, and uploaded it to buy on my dog's #patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135636650

(It's free to download if you're a member! https://www.patreon.com/wickedflare)

Anyway I had fun making it and am actually using it! Its so warm and cute :blobfoxheartcute:

-- :gay_cactus:

#dogs #serviceDog #assistanceDog #DisabledArtist #alderconeSupportCrew

#patreon #dogs #servicedog #assistancedog #disabledartist #alderconesupportcrew

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-07-31 · 21:43 UTC

New post on my dog's #patreon !

https://patreon.com/wickedflare

It was meant to be for #werewolfWednesday because I like to call them a werewolf stuck in wolf form but apparently yesterday was already Wednesday and not Tuesday oops :blobfoxlaughsweat:

- :gay_cactus:

#AlderconeSupportCrew #MEcfs #actuallyAutistic #dogs #doggoverse #assistanceDog #serviceDog #brainFog #cognitiveDisability

#patreon #werewolfwednesday #alderconesupportcrew #mecfs #actuallyautistic #dogs

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-07-31 · 21:43 UTC

New post on my dog's #patreon !

https://patreon.com/wickedflare

It was meant to be for #werewolfWednesday because I like to call them a werewolf stuck in wolf form but apparently yesterday was already Wednesday and not Tuesday oops :blobfoxlaughsweat:

- :gay_cactus:

#AlderconeSupportCrew #MEcfs #actuallyAutistic #dogs #doggoverse #assistanceDog #serviceDog #brainFog #cognitiveDisability

#patreon #werewolfwednesday #alderconesupportcrew #mecfs #actuallyautistic #dogs

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-07-31 · 21:43 UTC

New post on my dog's #patreon !

https://patreon.com/wickedflare

It was meant to be for #werewolfWednesday because I like to call them a werewolf stuck in wolf form but apparently yesterday was already Wednesday and not Tuesday oops :blobfoxlaughsweat:

- :gay_cactus:

#AlderconeSupportCrew #MEcfs #actuallyAutistic #dogs #doggoverse #assistanceDog #serviceDog #brainFog #cognitiveDisability

#cognitivedisability #brainfog #servicedog #assistancedog #doggoverse #dogs

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2025-07-31 · 21:43 UTC

New post on my dog's #patreon !

https://patreon.com/wickedflare

It was meant to be for #werewolfWednesday because I like to call them a werewolf stuck in wolf form but apparently yesterday was already Wednesday and not Tuesday oops :blobfoxlaughsweat:

- :gay_cactus:

#AlderconeSupportCrew #MEcfs #actuallyAutistic #dogs #doggoverse #assistanceDog #serviceDog #brainFog #cognitiveDisability

#patreon #werewolfwednesday #alderconesupportcrew #mecfs #actuallyautistic #dogs

5 🌳 walk into a bar… & say ow @[email protected] · 2024-11-30 · 05:46 UTC