*Dogs+help+autistic+children+adapt*20

In this article scientists test if dogs help autistic children. They got 42 children to test this on. Then they found the CAR of each child. (Cortisol present ) CAR is a hormone that is produced by the body in response to stress. Then, the parents filled out a questionnaire about how the kids were behaving before the dog came, during, and before. The average was 33/42 problematic behaviors before the service dog was there, and 22/42 while the service dog was with the family. So the conclusion is that service dogs really do help autistic children! I think this was a great way to experiment this particular topic. Although i think they should have changed one thing. They should have had more kids at different age levels. They really did give a lot of details. So overall it was a great topic and experiment.