The importance of animals for Autistic people: Asher & Chloe & SNAILS! 10.07.2021
Channel: Aucademy
Date: 2021-07-11

Originally aired: 10th July 2021, 19:00 London BST; 11:00 PST:
*The importance of animals for Autistic people: Asher & Chloe & SNAILS!*

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POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING: sexual reproduction of snails

In this session, Asher (he/him) discusses the importance of animals for many Autistic people, and Asher and Chloe focus on their particular love of Giant African Lands Snails - or GALS - why they make great pets, and provide advice on how to care for them. 

Guest speaker details: 
Asher Gilbert (he/him) is a university graduate who studied canine clinical behaviour and he has a particular interest in animal-assisted therapy. As well as studying, Asher volunteers with Noah’s A.R.T, supporting during animal-assisted therapy sessions for people of all backgrounds, including many Autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people. Asher is also a proud transgender man and LGBT+ advocate, this is something Asher hopes to discuss in a future session!  

https://www.noahs-art.co.uk/
https://dogsforautism.org.uk/about-us

**Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians** 

Dr Chloe Farahar - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate 
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SNAIL RESOURCES 
https://bugznbits.co.uk/home 
https://www.reptilecentre.com/blog/2015/12/top-5-bioactive-clean-up-crew/ 

FEEDING: https://www.giantafricanlandsnails.com/feeding-snails.html?fbclid=IwAR1HlxDrsWbxpD_GRis7VG8ZyOipt697mkIzu-p4HPgmDnZTqOVYJmB0TjE#:~:text=%E2%80%8BPROTEIN%E2%80%8B,sorts%20of%20diseases%20and%20deformities 

SNAIL MIX/PORRIDGE FOR PROTEIN: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/459631742/100g-of-basic-snail-feed-mix?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=snail%20mix&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&from_market_listing_grid_organic=1&bes=1&fbclid=IwAR1ofSwMuwuOAHBJFXbw_E177i1j_sJdY61ZDlBBX3-tkPoMI_WEOFHexBU 

Giant African Land Snail CARE | Snail Care Tutorial | How To Care For Snails:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-od_bZQRG4