Today I will share about a story regarding a heart-warming story about how a Maine Coon cat named Thula has helped a 5 years old girl, Iris Grace to become better at socializing and shows her ability to paint. Therefore, Iris mother almost giving up search the right cat for her daughter before she meet with Thula. According to Johnson A, R. (2015) "Thula has lowered [Iris] anxiety in life and keeps Iris calm" Thula characters has made Iris to trust on its and doing a lot of things with the cat.
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| Thula stay beside Iris when she is painting picture |
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| Thula bath and play with Iris to help her mother |
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| Iris engage more on outside activities with her cat |
Next, Thula always involve in Iris's activity to support Iris in developing her social skills. Besides, Thula will bath together with Iris to help Iris's mother since she hates bath. Then, every day is getting better with Thula as she easier in getting engage with activities, bike rides, and others. Thus, Thula has helped her to show her artistic skills to paint pictures. This shown that cat's loyalty to the children can improve on hows the children behaving.
References
http://www.boredpanda.com/thula-therapy-cat-autistic-artist-iris-grace/
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=thula+and+iris&FORM=HDRSC2
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