A Belfast mother has revealed how visits from a dog have released her disabled daughter from a life of crippling anxiety that left her housebound for 15 years.
Meta Leonard and her daughter Charlotte, have been effectively trapped in their home since 2007, finding themselves increasingly at the mercy of friends when they needed essentials. And before the help from Assistance Dogs NI, Charlotte has not even stepped into her garden for two years.
Charlotte, 29, lives with autism, bipolar disorder, learning disabilities, schizoaffective disorders, clinical depression, severe separation anxiety and general anxiety which leaves her frozen in fear.
