Photos come from Curacao Dolphin Therapy & Research Center
in Netherlands Antilles. (www.cdtc.an)

Will to swim with dolphins is so strong that the small patients quickly and accurately perform all of the instructions given by rehabilitants. Very often to encourage children, especially autistic, to fun dolphin brings them balls and hula hop and softly nuzzle them. Child to get into the water can't be aggressive, can't have disorders of consciousness and fears. Patient should get into therapy center in the age of 7 months to 6 years. Therapy program has to consist of at least 8 individual sessions with dolphin, 13-15 minutes each. The most often bottlenoses and belugas are used to the therapy.

Bottlenose is quick, agile, prying, love playing with children, let them stroke him and put the hands into his muzzle. He eats the fish given him by a small patients with pleasure.

Weighting even half of o tonne beluga is calm, patient and composed. She swims to the patients carefully not making and any rapid moves. Ultrasounds emited by her are stronger that the ones emited by bottlenose.