Autism Therapy With Pets

Autism Therapy With Pets

Is there any benefit pets? Keeping pets at home other than as a hobby also has other benefits, one of them is as a therapy for autistic children. This therapy is done by the kid 11-year-old autistic named Milo who did it with his dog named Chad.

The relations between humans and animals do have a direct effect, although this effect could not be explained through scientific research. But the relationship between Milo and Chad exceeded that in general the relationship.

"Within a week I noticed a huge change in him, after a month she became more calm and able to concentrate and communicate in a more long term," said Mrs. Vaccaro who was the mother of Milo, as quoted from the New York Times.

Dr Melissa A Nishawala a clinical director of autism-spectrum services in the Child Study Center at New York University, adding he saw a marked change in self-Milo who become calmer and able to communicate despite the looks of the dog just sat quietly in the room. Due to deep changes in ourselves Milo, now Vaccaro and Dr Nishawala started trying to stop the medication that is used by Milo.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which is part of the National Institutes of Health also began the effort to learn whether these pets can have a real effect on the welfare of children.

For that needed more scientific research that can explain the benefits of these therapies, especially the impact on child development. Because up until now most research only focuses on negative interactions than just pets, such as maintaining animals can spread the disease.

At Children's Hospital of Orange County in Southern California, for example, dozens of volunteers regularly bring their dogs to visit patients of children who were treated for serious illnesses. Usually, these children often experience sadness, anxiety or depression. The most important thing is that pets should be free from any disease and has been properly vaccinated.

"The dogs brought by the volunteers can brighten up the children," said Emily Grankowski, which oversees the pet therapy program at the hospital.

Expected later this pet therapy could lead to new treatments to heal children who often experience depression, sadness or a child with autism. However, do not close the possibility of this therapy can also be done for adults.