How A Pig Changed An Autistic Boy’s Life

August 30, 2016

A mother has told BBC 5 live Daily’s Adrian Chiles how a pet pig transformed their autistic son’s life.

Jo Bailey-Merritt said her son Samuel’s autism was making him increasingly isolated and lonely, until one day the family visited a local farm.

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