Comments on: Miss Doolittle Talks Only to Animals

By: B

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:42:57 +0000

yes, but do the animals talk back? sounds more like she is talking “at” the animals…

By: donna

donna — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:42:27 +0000

I do pet therapy with my golden retriever, and it is amazing how much some people will perk up around him. Even when I just have him out for a walk, people ask if they can pet him and want to talk to him.

Some therapy dogs are “reading dogs” now – they go to libraries and schools so the kids will read out loud to them. These are kids who won’t talk to or read to an adult, but they love reading to the dogs.

Autistic kids often benefit from having a pet or visiting with a therapy animal and are brought out of their shyness by the animal.

I hope they will get this little girl a pet of her own to talk to.

By: Vako

Vako — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:53:39 +0000

I can relate to this story, as I am autistic. I remember at that age, that I was much more at ease around non-human animals, and animals generally “liked” me. Whereas my human counterparts were bitter, abusive assholes, and often still are. I still get along quite well with animals these days. Hopefully the parents of that precious girl will be good parents and she will grow up to be a functioning adult, probably working with animals, and very good at it.

By: louisa

louisa — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:48:58 +0000

I got the same feeling, gabi. Beautiful little girl and a bittersweet story.

By: gabi

gabi — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:16:29 +0000

What a beautiful story! I can only imagine how amazing that must be for her parents. I hope the BEST for Rose, I find this tale so endearing. I totally just got a case of the AWwWwWw’s