Fancy a reptile as your therapy buddy?


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Gold, the boa constrictor, helps Gomes with his speech and memory therapy. — AFP

A yellow-and-brown boa constrictor wraps itself around David de Oliveira Gomes's neck like a scarf, but the 15-year-old Brazilian with autism is fascinated, not afraid.

For him, this is therapy.

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