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16 Mar 2008, 6:52 pm

Article from Saturday's Times here.


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16 Mar 2008, 7:37 pm

Oh my god... the moment I found out I might have AS, I began pestering my mom for a disability dog (I already have a dog, but to have a dog that can come with me into a restaurant, a doctors office, anywhere--oh my god!). She didn't believe there was such a thing for AS/autism... but... wow.

You just made my day (or night, actually, but whatever), and I thank you. So much.



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16 Mar 2008, 7:45 pm

Am LFA and would not be here if it wasn't for non humans [cats],so know the power of a dog.
Am thought Assistance dogs had become standard here,but must have gotten mixed up with the US?
Am have Pets As Therapy visits [they come out to res. home with a pet of choice,or can arrange to come out to many other places,just not private places as it's not in their insurance] and recommend these guys so much to anyone who connects more to an animal than a human.

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the assistance dogs are more common in the US.


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16 Mar 2008, 9:17 pm

Dogs help ME connect, and I don't know if I am autistic or not.



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16 Mar 2008, 10:54 pm

I've felt more connected to the world, since I got Chico, four years ago. I used to see most people, as villains, before that.


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17 Mar 2008, 2:30 am

Autism Service Dogs
http://servicedogcentral.org/content/node/233



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17 Mar 2008, 9:48 pm

What a wonderful thing. I hope more kids can get such a dog. Just the companionship alone sounds like heaven. Would have helped me when I was young.



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18 Mar 2008, 6:58 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:
the assistance dogs are more common in the US.


More common in the US than in israel, or more common in the US than anywhere else? Because I'd be willing to move to the UK (obviously not now, but when I leave home), but not to the US. Actually, I'd be willing to live almost anywhere except the US, ehe.