Why Are Cats Able to Help Autistic Kids? Some of the reasons that researchers hypothesize that cats can help kids on the autism spectrum include: Kids feel less pressure when dealing with cats than with people. Cats can give the child something to focus on, easing the way for social interac...
Grooming– You’ll likely associate grooming with owning a dog, but cats also need some care when it comes to looking after their coat. The difference being that you may wish to take a dog to a specialist groomer, but will probably be able to manage your cat’s grooming at home. How ...
especially to children. Fluffy dogs like the Maltese and Yorkshire Terrier are great as ESA since they are small and manageable, unlike the big ones. Purrs of cats have been found to be great soothers for those with anxiety disorders
though I don’t trust them yet. I’ve been feeling really guilty because I know how lucky I am to be getting care at all, and I feel I should be coping better. Izzy tells me I’m a silly sausage. Most of the time I like being autistic, but I do wish I were more able to co...
They practically control both parties, write political platforms, make catspaws of party leaders, use the leading men of private organizations, and resort to every device to place in nomination for high public office only such candidates as will be amenable to the dictates of corrupt big business...
So, I read lots of information to further my knowledge of my cats' conditions and treatment, I am alert to any changes in their health or behaviour and I am on time for every veterinary appointment. However,I am autistic, which means that veterinary appointments can be very stressful for ...
I've seen cats be remarkably tolerant of a friend's autistic son before taking themselves out of his reach. Provide Puss with a refuge on a bookshelf or windowsill and make sure he can reach it, but junior can't. Most cats retreat to a safe place rather than scratch or bite their ...
Classified officially as vulnerable, developmentally disabled dependent children with limited communication (identified as adults due to age alone) and diagnosed as ‘autistic’. They have become the forgotten ‘middle child’ between the children and elderly and are the link that completes the circle ...
Impartial rule-following can benefit from a more "autistic" cognitive style. Ideally, we would be able to switch at will. I raised the option of oxytocin enrichment merely to rebut the charge that life animated entirely by gradients of well- being must somehow necessarily be more selfish. Not...
Rather than continue to suffer our fate as "part-time lab rats," we should take a lesson from those notoriously most unbiddable of animals: cats, who live among us, but do their own thing. "I deleted Twitter when I realized I was going to sleep an hour after I headed to bed ...