In 2003, after years of in-depth research, Mira launched its program to support children with autism and their families. These children can receive services from dogs that are specially trained to help them.
Service dogs give individuals with mobility impairments a greater autonomy. They help people with a physical disability by pulling their wheelchairs.
He’s 3 months old
Meet Max
Story of a Mira Dog
As of 9 weeks old until retirement, Mira dogs play a critical role in their owners’ lives. A number of steps lead up to the development of this extraordinary connection.
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Location:Sainte-Madeleine
Beneficiaries
1,350
people are given the opportunity to benefit from our programs
Despite the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms that aims to protect them, beneficiaries of Mira dogs are regularly discriminated against in public places. Denying access to someone because of their service dog is unacceptable.
We are in a grocery store. There is an empty alley. In the distance, a man is crawling toward us. We are getting closer to him. Even though he is in pain, his expression is neutral - as if it were normal. Then, the man stops. He leans on one arm and raises the other with difficulty. With difficulty, he manages to reach for a bag of bread placed high above him. He continues on his way. A customer passes by him, without paying any mind to him or giving him space. The man goes to the cash register and waits for his turn. The person in front of him moves forward. It’s now his turn. The man looks at the cashier from his point of view on the floor. The teenage cashier looks at him nonchalantly. The man hands a $ 5 bill to pay for his purchases. The man continues on his way and leaves the grocery store. The automatic doors of the grocery store open. Outside, we see a wheelchair. The camera zooms in on the chair.
Audio : “You wouldn’t deprive someone of their wheelchair. So don’t deprive someone of a their Mira service dog. It’s the law.”
Automatic doors are closing in on an autistic teenager with a dog. After, automatic doors are closing in on a person with reduced mobility accompanied by a dog. And then, automatic doors are closing in on a visually impaired person with a dog. Mira logo.
This NPO has the mission of
ensuring the health, safety, and
welfare of the cats and dogs of
Quebec. Sharing the values of
this organization, Mira works in
collaboration with Anima Québec
and is certified by them. This
program promotes and attests to
the quality of certified breeding
centres, for their facilities and the
care provided to the animals that
live there.
The International Guide Dog
Federation is responsible for the
development, monitoring and
evaluation of the standards
practiced by its members. Its
principal mission is to ensure the
equity of high-quality service for
guide dog users and managers
across the world. Mira is a
certified member of this
organization.
Mira holds a Class 2 permit for
owners or custodians of cats or
dogs. We acquired this permit
under the Regulation respecting
the safety and welfare of cats and
dogs, which came into effect on
November 7, 2013.
