A young autistic schoolboy from Bagworth could really use a friend to help him learn to navigate the world and his mom has a four-legged one in mind. The family of seven-year-old Louis Rhodes recently launched an online fundraising campaign to buy him a specially trained Autism Life Dog.
Help autistic Bagworth boy get a pooch pal for life #spd
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Dogs are trained to help autistic children and adults.
Louis’s mother explains that the pooches are trained in a therapeutic program of games and activities that are custom-designed to help their young masters develop the important physical, cognitive and social skills they sometimes struggle with. The dogs also sooth their anxieties and keep them out of harm’s way.
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The dogs are trained in a unique therapy program of games and activities to aid the development of physical, cognitive, life and social skills, to support speech, language and social interaction, and to regulate sensory issues and reduce anxieties.
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The family of an autistic young boy with sensory processing disorder and hypermobility disorder are fundraising to buy a specially trained support dog.
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The dogs are trained in a unique therapy program of games and activities to aid the development
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The dogs are designed to help people develop social skills and encourage interaction and keep the child safe.
