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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:
- Lisa Tennison
- City:
- Anchorage
- Province, Country:
- AK, United States
- Type/Breed:
- Cat / DSH
- Date of Birth:
- August 1, 1985
- Date of Death
- August 6, 2002
- Sex:
- Female
- Height:
- Not Provided
- Weight:
- 6
- Coat Colour:
- Grey
- Eye Colour:
- Gold
Princess Kuhio - Until we meet again, be happy and play nice with everyone. Thank you for 17 years of joy. We are better people for having known you. Your Momcat and Dadcat.
A Place in our Hearts
They will not go quietly;
the cats who've shared our lives,
In subtle ways they let us know
their spirit still survives.
Old habits still make us think
we hear a meow at the door.
Or step back when we drop
a tasty morsel on the floor.
Our feet still go around the place
the food bowl used to be,
And, sometimes, coming home at night,
we miss them terribly.
And although time may bring new friends
and a new food dish to fill,
That one place in our hearts
belongs to them....
and always will
by Linda Barnes
