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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:
- Angie Nelson
- City:
- Columbus
- Province, Country:
- OH, United States
- Type/Breed:
- American PItbull Terrier
- Date of Birth:
- 02/28/2003
- Sex:
- Female
- Height:
- 22
- Weight:
- 50
- Coat Colour:
- Brown
- Eye Colour:
- Brown
HI! I am SOOOOO excited to be here. I am a big lapdog. As soon as momma sits down, I am in her lap. She says I am getting too big for this but she loves me so much she always makes room for me. Even in the bed. This is my favorite place to sleep. I crawl right under the covers with moma and then I try and steal the good pillow. I have a sister the same age as me and an older brother. Me and my sister play hard and sometimes moma has to give us a time out cause we get so carried away. My sister is the noisy one though. Sometimes we try and gang up on our brother and steal his bones. Boy, does this make him mad. Then momma yells and takes away all the bones till we settle down. I like to lounge anywhere I can find a warm spot. My favorite toy is my tug rope and I have a kitty that lives in the garage. Sometimes he comes in the house and I get to play with him. I have to be gentle and not get to excited or momma says I will squash him.....oh boy here he comes now! I'm gonna go play!
