Federally Recognized Tasks

• Guiding individuals who are blind or have low vision

• Alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to sounds or intruders

• Pulling a wheelchair

• Alerting and protecting a person during a seizure (seizure response)

• Detecting medical conditions (e.g., diabetes: alerting to high/low blood sugar)

• Retrieving items (e.g., medicine, phone, dropped items)

• Providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability

• Providing minimal protection or rescue work (limited tasks)

• Reminder tasks (e.g., reminding handler to take medication)

• Calming or interrupting anxiety/panic attacks (e.g., PTSD-related tasks)

• Interrupting or preventing self-harming or repetitive behaviors (psychiatric service tasks)

• Alerting to presence of allergens (trained detection of allergens)

• Performing other individually trained tasks directly related to a person's disability (catch-all)