D/HH + Autism Family Event
The 7th annual D/HH + Autism Family Day event, at the Happy Dog Ranch in Littleton, CO, hosted seven families from the greater Denver metro area and Colorado Springs, along with 45 volunteers from CSDB, D.O.V.E., Ascent, Springs Learning Community, Marion Downs Center, Children’s Hospital, University of CO – Anschutz, CO Hands and Voices, and Happy Dog Ranch. With the volunteers’ support, families enjoyed feeding the llamas, goats, sheep, chickens, petting horses, riding horses, going on a scavenger hunt, arts and crafts, and socializing over lunch sponsored by Santiagos. Parents also met to share stories and listen to a guest speaker who is a parent of an adult son with DHH + Autism. Happy Dog Ranch is an animal sanctuary that allows us to host this event in nature for our families who have children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing with autism.
