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Days Out

Daisy Doo

My little girl, 6 yrs old, was diagnosed with Autism last month. One of the things I struggle with is where to take her for a day out. She is hysterically terrified of dogs so that means that we cant to for a walk on the moors (where we used to spend every weekend), in the woods, to the beach, to a country park or even to a play ground. We've got a day in the Lake District next week and thought about a boat trip, but apparently they allow dogs. We have membership to the zoo and go a lot but due to the Crisis we now have to book but cant always get in. We've been to the cinema once and it was really difficult and she didnt enjoy it at all. I'm at a loss and need to get out of the house. 

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  • This sounds exactly like my 5 year old. She is terrified of dogs, motorbikes too loud etc. Its seems a bit silly but she will literally be trying to climb up either me or her mum. She isn't diagnosed on the spectrum but we both have feelings she possibly is like myself Aspergers type ASC. We don't take her any where out of the norm but we always know we will have to pick her up as they approach/go past her. I don't know if she'll ever grow out of this?

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  • This sounds exactly like my 5 year old. She is terrified of dogs, motorbikes too loud etc. Its seems a bit silly but she will literally be trying to climb up either me or her mum. She isn't diagnosed on the spectrum but we both have feelings she possibly is like myself Aspergers type ASC. We don't take her any where out of the norm but we always know we will have to pick her up as they approach/go past her. I don't know if she'll ever grow out of this?

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  • in reply to Castle

    Be careful - dogs are predators and they sense feelings and fear - and the only animals that would be frightened around dogs is a prey animal - and they pick up on this.     Depending on how stable or controlled the particular dog is, this behaviour can cause the dog to try to bite.

    Meeting dogs in a hyper-controlled environment to normalise and train your daughter to not be bothered by them would really help her.        Meeting puppies and getting used to the lowest-risk version of the dog will help to desensitise her.