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Dogs help with autistic children and so do dolphins!

Dolphin-assisted therapy could be great news for families who have children living with cerebral palsy, autism, brain damage, ADHD and Down syndrome. Therapy done in water with the aid of dolphins appears to produce dramatic positive results for children with these disabilities, according to research conducted by Dr. David Nathanson Ph. D.

He found that two weeks dolphin-assisted therapy was compared to the effectiveness of six month conventional physical and speech-language therapy!

The bond between pets and people continues to be explored and this story brings that study to an all-new level. While guide dogs for the blind, therapy dogs for autistic children and therapeutic horse riding have been recent topics of this blog and our website (MillionDollarPetPix.com), little did I think we’d be writing about crocs and big green snakes as therapeutic interventions. Whew! Time to review those psychology books again.