This 9-year-old boy named Austen has autism. Generally, he reacts very coldly to the outside world and shows no emotion. However, when his cat Autumn was lost and found, Austen hugged the cat tightly and burst into tears for the first time. This shows how deep his affection for the cat is.
The child's mother said that she got the cat back from the veterinarian. At that time, the veterinarian picked up an injured female cat and a litter of kittens. Autumn was the only female cat among the kittens. After that, her child and cat were always stuck together and could no longer be separated.
With the gentle companionship of the kitten, this autistic child sometimes smiles. And by getting along with the cat, the family also taught him how to get along with the cat without harming the small animals, and which actions and behaviors need to be stopped in moderation.
The kitten will crowd around the child every day waiting for him to play with it.
But one day, the cat got lost on its own. The family looked for it for a long time, and even went out to ask the neighbors one by one, but no one had seen the whereabouts of the cat. Austen's mood also plummeted, and he became even less rude than before.
During the days when the cat was lost, Austen was depressed basically every day, and then refused to go to school. The family became increasingly worried about the child's condition, fearing that he would become more autistic after losing the cat.
One day, after the family finally coaxed their children to go to school, they suddenly heard a meow at the door. It turned out that the lost Autumn was back. The mother couldn't wait to take the cat to the school to find him. When the child saw the lost cat in the car, he immediately hugged the cat tightly and burst into tears.
Research has shown that children with autism can develop the ability to get along and communicate with others with the help of pets. Don’t ignore the emotional help pets can provide to humans. That kind of emotion can sometimes be said to be great.