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“It will provide physical stability and safety through tethering and a harness,” Kim mentioned.
“Hopefully this will prevent any further incidents in parking lots or on streets and also help him with stability at school and prevent falls.”
“It will fill a huge sensory need for Liam. It will help to alert anxiety. Liam does not advocate for himself and often cannot express when he feels anxious.”
Kim went on to point out that a service dog will help Liam remain calm and focused. A service dog additionally will help Liam socially, as he is beginning to get bullied by children at school and he has a tough time.
“We are hoping a dog can help bridge a social and communication gap and allow Liam to make more friends,” Kim continued.
“It can help provide better sleep. We also have great hope that it will increase his independence and confidence.”
I’m sure you can imagine that a service dog has to go through extensive and rigorous training to be able to perform all the jobs that they do for their human, and because of that, service dogs are quite costly.
Kim shared that it will cost her and her family $19,000 to get Liam a service dog, and it will take around 10-12 months after they make a deposit for a dog to be ready for Liam.
Given the large sum of money, Kim is hoping to raise the funds throughout the community to be able to help provide Liam with a service dog to change his life.
If you would like to donate to the fund for Liam’s service dog, you can do that here.
