Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kuri he mea nui ki te whānau katoa, engari ki te whānau e tautoko ana i tētahi tamaiti autism, ka taea e tētahi Kuri Āwhina te whakarerekē i te ahuareka me te pūmautanga o te whānau. Ko te 2 o Paenga-whāwhā ko te Rā Whakamāramatanga ki te Autism, ā, ko ngā kuri āwhina autism he āhua iti e mōhiotia ana, engari he tino painga o te 'wāhanga kararehe.' Ka puta ko te hoa pai o te tangata ko te 'hoa pai o te tamaiti', me nga kuri e whakarereke ana i nga oranga o nga tamariki maha me te autism e kaha ana ki te korero, te korero, te haere, te whakahoahoa ranei. Ka whakamahia he 'Kuauaua Āwhina Autism' hei tiaki i te tamaiti e mate ana i te autism, ā, he taputapu whakaharahara hei āwhina i a rātou ki te whakawhanake i ngā pūkenga pāpori me ngā hononga pai. Ko te kupu 'Autism Spectrum Disorders' (ASD) he kupu parapara e whakauru ana i te mate Autistic; Asperger's me Atypical Autism. Ko te 2 o Paenga-whāwhā ko te Rā o te Whakaaro Autism, ā, kāore pea te iwi i te mōhio ko te hoa pai o te tangata ko te 'hoa pai o te tamaiti', me ngā pēpi e whakarerekē ana i te oranga o ngā tamariki maha ki te autism (whakaahua o te taonga) Ko ngā tamariki ki te autism he uaua ki ngā whakawhitinga pāpori, ā, ka pā kino pea ō rātou pūkenga whakawhiti kōrero ā-waha, ā-kore hoki. Ka uaua rātau ki te whakatutuki i ngā huringa me ngā taiao me ngā tikanga hou. "Kua hangaia te Kaupapa Āwhina Autism (AAD) hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga mō te tamaiti autism me tōna whānau mā roto i ngā wāhi matua e toru: te haumaru, te mana motuhake me te whakaurunga", e ai ki GuideDogs SA. He ahurei ia tamaiti, ko te tikanga ko te hāngai i te kuri tika ki a rātau hiahia me tō rātau whānau he mea tino nui. Ka taea e te kuri te hoa mo te tamaiti, me te tautoko pāpori me te hinengaro mo te matua ki te kawe mai i te koa me te'maama' ki te whare. Kua pūrongotia e ngā whānau e whai wāhi ana ki te Autism Assistance Dog Program ka taea hoki e te hoa te whakatairanga i ngā whakawhitinga pai i waenganui i ngā tuakana, teina, mā te whakatenatena i te tākaro. Ko nga kuri mahi tino whakangungu, motuhake e raihana ana ki te whai i te tamaiti i roto i nga waahi katoa. 'He ōrite te mana ā-ture o tētahi kuri āwhina mō te mate reo ki te...
He iti te mōhiotanga o ngā kuri āwhina engari he taputapu tino nui mō ngā tamariki autism. E whakamahia ana hei tiaki i te tamaiti, hei akiaki hoki i ngā pūkenga pāpori. He uaua ki ngā tamariki autism ngā whakawhitinga pāpori, ā, ka pā kino pea ki ā rātou pūkenga whakawhiti kōrero ā-waha, ā-kore hoki. Ko ngā tamariki autistic 'e ahu mai ana ki te 'tū' ina manukanuka, ina manukanuka rānei. Kua whakangunguhia te kuri āwhina kia kore ai e whara te tamaiti, kia ngāwari ake ai te haere o te kaitiaki.