Adriana's Dream is to have a dog that will help her "be normal". As a high functioning child on the Autism Spectrum she knows that "something" is wrong. She often says that her brain is "scrambled". This is her way of letting us know that it is going to be a day full of challenges...for ALL of us!

Our dream is to keep Adriana safe. Adriana has very little sense of danger. She is what they call a runner - but not in the traditional escape & hide sense that is typical with Spectrum kids. Adriana will run out into the middle of the street or a busy parking lot to save a roly-poly or worm from getting run over by a car. She will wander off through a store because a fly is buzzing her and is going to "GET HER".

 

 

 

Our dream is to help her learn how to relate to others and have better relations with her peers. Like Adriana, many children with Autism simply do not have the ability to understand social clues or how to relate with other people. She has no friends. She has never been invited to a birthday party for anyone other than family.

  

 

 

Our dream is to blow the top off of our fundraising goals for Adriana so that we can help others.

That's right. We started the Paws 4 Autism Foundation to help other adoptive families who have children with Autism benefit from having a service dog. Families who have adopted are usually still recovering from the expenses related with the adoption when they get hit with the diagnosis of Autism. Our dream is to be a resource for those families as well.