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Service Dogs and Autistic Children – Pet Tip 253
Dogs help humans in so many ways. They help with companionship, with tasks that they carry out for us and sometimes they help make every day living much easier. Perhaps the best demonstration of this fact is when dogs help people with disabilities. Many of us have seen dogs helping blind people and many have heard of dogs that feel when a seizure in an epileptic person is about to occur and then protect them from injury. Dogs can also help aid autistic children and parents of autistic children in many ways as well. Recent studies suggest that the prevalence of autistic children in Canada may be 1 in 165 children or higher. Therefore, many people may well personally know of an autistic child in their extended family, or know of friends or acquaintances that have an autistic child. So how can dogs help these autistic children?
The National Service Dogs (NSD) organization in Ontario Canada, is one of the best organizations that specifically help train dogs to make the lives of autistic children better. You might be wondering how a service dog can be useful to autistic children
- Owner:
- Mike May
- City:
- Myrtle Beach
- Province, Country:
- SC, United States
- Type/Breed:
- Boxer/Bluetick Hound
- Date of Birth:
- 03-20-91
- Date of Death
- 05-04-03/1:45pm
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- 36
- Weight:
- 85
- Coat Colour:
- Tan
- Eye Colour:
- Brown
He was very protective, loving, friendly.
We had buddy since he was a puppy.
He always loved us very much and always enjoyed our company.
My son picked him out when my son was a year old, and Buddy has been with us since. Buddy died on May 4th 2003 from belly swelling like a balloon and intestine twisting. We played with him yesterday & he was fine. And everything changed over night. Now my son is 13. We love you Buddy.
We will miss you very much, Buddy.
Hope to see you in heaven one day.
Your Family
