~Current Solutions to The Barrier~
Some existing solutions include the organizations, Guide Dogs of America, Guide Dogs of the Desert, Guide Dogs for the Blind and The International Guide Dog Federation. Guide dogs of America has many solutions on there website such as a commonly asked questions page, requirements for getting a guide dog, and the steps. Guide Dogs of the Desert's website included questions about matchmaking with people and dogs and a sources with answers to questions about service animals. Guide Dogs of the Blind's website provide FAQs for those who are confused, videos and written information for those of different needs, and other resources that can be found helpful. The International Guide Dog Federation, is providing information about common things people would benefit from knowing. This website is a compilation on almost all of the information about guide dogs out there.
~Our Solution~
Our Solution is two quizzes, The Guide Dog Personality Quiz and the Eligibility Quiz. You can find and take these quizzes on our website, paws4pals.com. To make our quizzes accessible, we used VoiceForm which allows the users to listen to the question and respond with their voice. The Guide Dog Personality Quiz uses fun and informational questions that serves as a resource the guide dog team can look to when matching you with a dog. With your consent, we will share the profile of answers, with guide dog organization/s. We hope this introduction to the guide dog organizations will help you become one step closer to a guide dog. The Eligibility Quiz uses questions based on initial guide dog criteria and helps you determine whether you may be eligible. After you take the quiz, our Eligibility Guide will help you identify the steps you can take to address any gaps.
We will be working with Guide Dogs of the Desert, Guide Dogs of America, and Coachella Valley Visually Impaired, Community Service.
*Cost will be minimal at if no cost.
Getting a guide dog is a long journey and we don't expect our quizzes to have any short term effects so we decided to focus on collecting data to show whether taking our quizzes was a pleasant experience and whether they would use or recommend it to others.
Vlog 2
Vlog 2, our second vlog Our colection of data