The mom of a little boy with autism sensed her son’s need for love and went all out to get a service dog for him—and from the second they met, his life was transformed.
Shanna Niehaus’s son, Kai, was diagnosed with autism at the age of 4. The worried mother found it hard for herself to see Kai being lonely day after day. Besides his family, the little Kai had no permanent friends, and he often cried at night.