What a surprise, the inseparable affection between a deaf six year old
boy and a deaf dog.
It was beyond imagination seeing my six-year-old boy who cannot speak
and a deaf dog becoming a “match made friend from heaven, the boy’s
mother said.
Connor Guillet is able to communicate with three-year-old boxer Ellie
using sign language and his friendship has become inseparable from the
affectionate rescue animal, since the family took her in, a week
before Christmas.
Connor, who was adopted at four weeks old, was born addicted to
opiates, and has since been diagnosed with damage to his brain and
nervous system, in addition
to a chromosomal disorder called DiGeorge syndrome and autism.
“Connor is severely delayed psychologically, physically and
emotionally,” Ms Guillet told CBS News.
“He is nonverbal and requires speech therapy. It is unknown whether he
has the ability to speak with a limited vocabulary.”
Since he also has issues with motor skills, even using sign language
is difficult for Connor, but his mother said Ellie has a dept level at
understanding.
The family, from Florida, already had an eight-year-old boxer when
they were contacted by a rescue centre in late December, which said it
had a deaf animal
that only responded to sign language available for adoption.
“I had a lightbulb go off immediately,” Ms Guillet said. “To think
that Connor can sign to her and actually communicate with her made my
heart melt.”
Connor and his mother met the dog the next day.
“That was it,” Ms Guillet said, adding that Connor petted, kissed, and
hugged the dog, who responded by licking the child.
“She was beyond gentle with him,” Ms Guillet said. “Boxers are known
to be great with kids, but there is something definitely special about
Ellie.”
Ms Guillet agreed to foster the dog to see how she would interact with
Connor at home. The pair suddenly became inseparable.
They play tug of war, run up and down the slide in the back garden and
cuddle on the couch together, Ms Guillet said, adding that, finally,
Connor has
found a friend he can relate to.
“It warms my heart like nothing else,” said Ms Guillet, adding that
she is now going to adopt Ellie and “make her a permanent member of
the family”.
If a mother can go this extra length to find a supportfor her son as
well as adopting a dog just for his little boy to have a companion,
what can you do for yours? Let alone a child with disability in your
neighbourhood,
Love has no boundary. It neither recognise disability nor weakness.
Rather, it sees possibility in disability .
Will you love that person with disability in your society?
Source: independent