Autism SDs for teenagers/adults

[Nalla]

A woman at school is trying to get an Autism SD for her 15 yr old son. For most schools he is older than their age limit. What schools would train for a teenager or adult?
Thanks if anyone knows!

 

[Kat77]

Sorry, what does SD stand for?

 

[bookwormde]

Service dog,

There is no "age limit" for service dogs for Autism.

bookwormde

 

[SueM in MN]

It depends on what you want the dog to do.
The reason for the age limit in programs I have read about has to do with one of the tasks the dog is trained to do, which is act as a 'tether' for a child who is a runner.
For some children, this is the main task at first. Older children are too big and strong for the dog to hold, so that is one of the main reasons for age limits.

I'd suggest she talk to some of the places that have younger age limits and ask what suggestions they have - do they know of places that do place SDs with older children with autism?

 

[krisnme]

My DS just turned 19 and it took me the last 3 years to find him a SD. She is from a rescue group and a lot of people worked very hard to get her to a trainer who is amazingly going to train her for us free of charge. I tried all the major SD groups and was turned away becouse my DS has Autism and CP. most won't train for multiple disabled people. His CP is mild but he still uses a chair, he can't push himself becouse of the autism, so training groups said he did not need a dog as he was supervised. Our problem is that he will start community college soon and will spend some time on his own. He needs help to balance when he first stands, and the dog will be trained to get me when he has anxiety attacks, falls or wanders at night. we are working out other commands as we go. keep looking for a trainer, I called about 30 before finding help. we are looking forward to Vesta becoming my son's partner!