Gillian & Eamon's Story
Navigation Trials/Sligo Run 2010 Super success, report / pictures on event forum....
" Navigation Trials Breakfast Run" Sunday 19th September 2010" Sign on 10am.
Headfort Arms Hotel.
Breakfast roll Tea/coffee
Depart 12noon Contact Gillian: 0868418734 to reserve your Breakfast/Shirt/badge
Entry Fee €20 on the day...see events for details
Sligo Run 2011..18th /19th June...A date to remember "an unforgetable week-end"
Kadey update
As most of you are aware We.......the Hoey's have been very fortunate to recently become the receipent of the 100th Assist Dog provided by the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind for our little boy Shane who has a diagnosis of Autism and this diagnosis for Shane comes with the difficulties of very challenging behaviours coupled with the fact that Shane is non-verbal has made taking Shane out in social /community situations very difficult for us as a family.
Since the arrival of the beautiful Kadey to our home on 28th November, we have had fantastic success in taking Shane out and about.....We got to McDonalds on week one and as Adam said " We actually got to stay and have our food!!!" something ...which for "normal" families would be something taken for granted but for us was a HUGE
Sign of progress with Shane attached to his new companion.
On Sunday last the "Here to There" Bikers did a Toy Run with Santa to Stepping Stones in Kilcloon Co. Meath and then back to Shane's school, St. Michaels National School and Centre for Autism in Trim . We took Shane with Kadey to the run....expecting that even with Kadey we may have had to leave....possibly before
Santa made it to the School. Instead of that we got to stay for almost 90 minutes with Shane even going to accept his gift from Santa......
This Assist Dog ...not even 3 weeks in our home has already made a difference to our lives and we are confident that as time goes by it will only get better....
THANK YOU KADEY. & Irish Guide Dogs for providing these fantastic animals to children with Autism
As you know by now Eamon & Gillian are parents to two boys...Adam aged 8 and Shane aged 6.5 Shane was diagnosed with Autism and Moderate learning difficulties in 0ctober 2005 aged 2 years and 10 months. Shane was a child who presented the family with very challenging behaviours, and was Non-verbal making life difficult for all.
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