Blog Note (23.08.25) | Finding Hope
A mass visit to the blog…| Finding Hope
1 post published by laurenalexhooper during February 2025| Finding Hope
After my last visit to the Autism Dogs farm in early February, it was about three weeks before Daisy was delivered. One of the trainers brought her down and stayed for two days...| Finding Hope
Today is the final day of the government’s Pathways To Work consultation on the disability cuts bill and as much work has been done and pressure applied by disabled people’s grassroots …| Finding Hope
This post is incredibly late but my last trip to Nashville, in March 2024, was so special and brought me so much joy that I felt I had to finish and post it...| Finding Hope
Not long after my sleepover with Daisy, my Autism Assistance Dog in training, I was back up at the Autism Dogs farm for what was supposed to be, I think, four days to do the public access and famil…| Finding Hope
1 post published by laurenalexhooper during November 2024| Finding Hope
In early January, about three months after my third playdate with my Assistance Dog in Training, Daisy, my Mum and I went back up to the Autism Dogs farm for another playdate and our very first sleepover!| Finding Hope
Mid December, I was back at the Autism Dogs farm for my third playdate with my autism assistance dog in training, Daisy.| Finding Hope
And here is the second part of my Autism Dogs journey! Having been accepted onto the programme, I went up to visit the Autism Dogs farm to work on my Advanced Task List and meet some of the dogs…| Finding Hope
My second playdate with Daisy didn't happen until early October 2024 due to both us and Autism Dogs having had to reschedule at one point. But we finally made it happen and we were headed back to the farm to see Daisy.| Finding Hope
My new single, ‘The Loneliest Whale,’ is out TODAY! I love this song so much and I’m so excited for you all to hear it.| Finding Hope
In my last post about this process, it was May 2024 and Autism Dogs had just been contacted me to tell me that they had a potential match, a black Labrador called River.| Finding Hope
I applied to Autism Dogs twice, first in September 2021. But a month later, I was informed that I hadn’t gotten past the application round.| Finding Hope
I wrote eleven songs during the twenty-nine days of February, not quite meeting the February Album Writing Month goal of fourteen songs but I’m not worried about that. As you’ll know if…| Finding Hope
And while I obviously did take a break, neither of those things happened. Instead, I had a very traumatic break up with my therapist and I’ve spent the last two months or so in such distress …| Finding Hope
