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Autistic boy can not bear human touch - A therapy dog could help
An autistic boy from the US does not like being touched by other people. He is therefore suffering from great loneliness. An aid organization helped him become a therapy dog. In this the five-year Kainoa finally found a friend.
Animals help people
The treatment with animals has proven to be extremely promising in various diseases. Especially dogs are used again and again to help people. Among other things, in borderline patients who get a daily structure through dogs or in people with depression, the first steps to communicate with people through the contact with an animal.
An American five-year-old boy suffering from autism does not like being touched by other people. Thanks to a therapy dog, he no longer feels so lonely. (Image: Photo-SD / fotolia.com) Five-year-old boy finds it difficult to contact other people
Even with autism, the contact with the four-legged friends can positively affect the lives of people. This has also been experienced by an American family. Their son Kainoa is autistic and does not allow any contact with other people.
The contact with other people falls to the little one according to media reports difficult. The five-year-old suffers greatly from the fact that he has no friends. Thanks to a dog, the situation of the child has improved a lot.
Supporting a charitable aid organization
The American family currently living in Japan got the therapy dog "Tornado". According to media reports, it took two years for the boy to receive the four-legged friend. The family was supported by the nonprofit organization "4 Paws for Ability," based in Ohio, Ohio.
Trusting relationship
In the four-legged Kainoa has apparently no fear of contact. Recordings that are distributed in the media, among other things, show how he lies relaxed on the belly of the Golden Retriever.
For the boy's mother, Shannon Niehaus, such situations are still surprising. "I can not touch my son, do not hug, do not wear or wash," she writes on Facebook. But her son reacts confidently to the animal.
"As a mother, I've seen countless challenging and painful moments my son has experienced, and I've cried even more. But yesterday I cried for another reason. It's an indescribable feeling, "said the mother the day after the arrival of" Tornado ".
Congenital and incurable disorder
Autism is usually described as a congenital, incurable perception and information processing disorder of the brain. According to some scientists, it even starts before birth.
Symptoms and individual manifestations can range from mild behavioral problems to severe mental disabilities. All autistic disabilities have in common an impairment of social behavior, such as difficulty talking to other people, or using facial expressions and body language. (Ad)