Boot camp for guide dogs and handlers helping vision impaired kids make new connections
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Sara Abdulrazaq is legally blind and has been test driving Harmony the trainee guide dog.
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Guide Dogs Tasmania has held its first Test Drive a Guide Dog camp to connect young vision impaired Tasmanians with guide dogs
Many vision-impaired Tasmanians say they felt isolated and lost independence at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic
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But the 15-year-old hopes she might soon get more assistance with a guide dog. I m legally blind, so I can t see that much, and I m more on the severe side, so I use a cane and I don t find the cane useful, Sara said.