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Service Cats for Autistic Kids

My name is Samuel and I am 14 and home schooled in the ninth grade. My mom thought I would learn a lot if I had to help other people. So she told me I had to come up with a project to help a needy group of people. The assignment was to help improve the lives of needy people. I have decided to help kids with autism because I have Asperger's syndrome.

 

I have read how important service dogs are to the disabled and I know they use dogs for kids with autism. But I don't use a dog. Cats are smaller and not as noisy and a lot of kids who have Asperger's don't like a lot of noise. I have a service cat named Hub and he has saved my life.  Not every cat can be a service cat. They have to have the personality for it.  I decided that I would help disabled kids get trained cats who wouldn't scratch but who could obey commands and help them like a dog does. I have trained two so I know how to train them. I plan totrain homeless cats to help disabled people which would give the cats a permanent home and would help the disabled people live a better life. I am training two kittens I found abandoned on the side of the road and I already have a waiting list for them.

You can visit my site at freewebs.com/tenerekingdom for more information. 

Hi my name is Alanna and I ma 27 years old and i have Asperger's. i would first like to say the i love what you are doing... And that i am in the proccess of starting the samething here in canada. I have my own cat right now. Her name is emma she is 7 years old. Emma can go for help open doors and keep me calm when i have panic attacks... she will meow to get my attention and/or paw at my leg or and whatever she can reach or if she can get at my face she will like my nose.  She is also what you call Social behavior trained. When she is out she, she is trained to ignore other service animals. she loves all people and kids...

I would love to hear more from you on how you got started in this business...Tonight i have a meeting with the legion in my area who will put me in contact with the lions club in oakville to start out...

My Email is charpo20 [at] hotmail [dot] com

 

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks

Alanna

Unfortunately, the law is changing, and effective March 15, 2011 only "dogs" will be legal service animals.  Cats have been service animals for seizure alert, blood pressure alert, PTSD, and Autism.  Please sign the petition to keep cats legal as service animals.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/Save-Our-Service-Animals-non-disabled/

Cats as Service Animals

Cats have been good service animals for kids with autism and war veterans with PTSD, but federal law is changing, and cats won't be legal service animals any more.  Sign the petition to keep service cats legal.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/Save-Our-Service-Animals-non-disabled/

Rosana Hart's picture

Welcome and good for you!

Hi Samuel -- you are doing wonderful work. I just went to your site and bought your ebook on training cats.

Please write here sometimes! How did Hub save your life?

Rosana Hart
www.training-dogs.com