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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:
- Michael Levine
- City:
- Not Provided
- Province, Country:
- Not Provided
- Type/Breed:
- Pug
- Date of Birth:
- 2/9/95
- Date of Death
- 7/20/09
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- Not Provided
- Weight:
- 25
- Coat Colour:
- Fawn
- Eye Colour:
- Brown
Elmo and I had a close relationship. He was a true companion. I loved him very much. And while he may not be here physically anymore, I still love him very much. I believe that a companion like that cannot be lost forever. One day a long time from now, we will be reunited because I will always be thinking of him and he will be thinking of me.
Elmo, sweet Pug friend, in the meantime, you enjoy the peace and warmth of God's protection. Play with all of the other dogs who have departed their human friends, they like you miss them very much.
You are in my heart forever. -- ML
