Autism Assistance Dogs

As you may know, we recently got a puppy because we had read that dogs are good for children on the autistic spectrum. Leo is still a puppy and has just started training with the scariest dog handler ever, but already he has bonded with our eldest son. Despite instructions from the trainer to ‘ignore [...]

The dog, the hand-washing and the ASD child.

As you may have read, we’ve just got a puppy, a labradoodle. He’s very cute and has transformed our elder ASD son’s life. The dog is the first thing he thinks about in the morning and the last thing on his mind at night. He’s even okay at scooping the poop without fuss, although washing [...]

The new arrival

I am not a doggie person. My husband is not a doggie person. And yet, yesterday, we brought home a puppy. Leo the Labradoodle. We have read that dogs are supposedly good for children with autistic spectrum disorders and so, putting our own lack of need for a furry friend to one side, we searched [...]

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