Is there really a need for more service dogs?

Not too many years have passed--perhaps ten or fifteen at most--since a time
when most people barely knew what autism was. Today, almost everyone has
seen an ad, billboard, or TV program about autism. Or they know someone who
has been diagnosed with autism.

Yet, in the United States, how much private funding for assistance and research
does Autism receive compared to other childhood disorders or diseases?   
Please help
by supporting
our program
today!
Contributions
are tax deductible.
Disease
 Frequency
 Funding
Leukemia
1 in 25,000 children
$300 million
Muscular Dystrophy
1 in 20,000 children
$160 million
Cystic Fibrosis
1 in 5,000 children
$75 million
Juvenile Diabetes
1 in 500 children
$140 million
Pediatric AIDS
1 in 8,000 children
$394 million
Autism
1 in 150 children
$15 million
Now imagine that you can help to change it.

By supporting the training of ASA dogs, you can give parents extra arms for
holding, extra legs for running, extra eyes for seeing.  By supporting Practical
Partners you can give new hope to parents facing the challenges of autism.
What makes our program worth your support?

  • We are developing an integrated function with a clinic that excels in Applied
    Behavior Analysis for children with autism

  • All our graduating dog/client teams are subject to evaluation by
    independent, qualified, outside individuals with appropriate credentials.

  • We have excellent cooperative relationships with several other assistance
    and guide dog schools.

  • In 2001, we became an approved provider of service dogs through the
    South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs.

  • We are committed to non-proprietary duplication of our program in any
    location possible, if personnel and financial support are available.