Golden Dogs of Autism

Golden Dogs of Autism is an artist's book, printed on Italian Magnani Velata archival paper, entirely bound by hand, within a special hand-made "tunnel" adapted binding.

Complete with Mini-Manual for training puppies to work with autistic children.

Fran Elliott was checking on a rental property while her accompanying golden retriever was in the back yard.  Fran noticed a child reaching through the fence speaking to Peabody, the dog.  Nicole's mother saw it too, immediately yelling "Can we buy your dog?  Our daughter has never spoken a word until today."

Fran answered "No, but we will have a dog trained for Nicole at no charge to you." Nicole received the first of many golden retrievers bred and trained specifically for each autistic child through a non-profit Fran formed, "The Hairy Angels".

Several copies are available, each with a different edition number of the 500 total.  Funds from their sale will benefit non-profits addressing autistic individuals. 

(Born 1939) Born in the Netherlands, Nix studied at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts, earning her MFA there in 1958.

Her work is in the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, DC; at the Museum of the Holocaust in Providence, RI; at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and at the Allen Library at the University of Washington in Seattle.

This very active artist resides on Mercer Island in Washington state. She has received several commisions to include a mural, The Inadvertent Garden Mural located in New York in 1999.

Her artist's books tend to receive awards for their excellence, selling out in short order. These routinely sell in the $250 to $500 range.