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Name: Paxton Moynihan

Hometown: Elmwood, CT

 

 

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Paxton has raised

$4544

of the $9500 goal!

 

Paxton has multiple disabilities and needs an assistance dog to help him in school and in his need for independence.  

Hi, my name is Paxton Moynihan. I'm 26 years old and an art student at Tunxis Community College. I'm a huge hockey fan and I play sled hockey for the Connecticut Wolfpack. I love photography, drawing, horror movies, World of Warcraft, video games and playing music. I play ukulele in a band, and take bass guitar lessons.

I have a spinal cord disorder called Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), a connective tissue disorder called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, an autoimmune disease called Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease, that does not effect my mobility, but has an effect on my health, and Aspergers Syndrome, which is on the autism spectrum.

The HSP causes  me to have trouble walking and poor balance due to the muscles in my legs having spasms. I wear leg braces on my lower legs to help me with this. Elhers Danlos Syndrome is a connective tissue disorder where your body does not produce the correct amount of collagen. As a result, it effects your entire body. It effects people in different ways, and the type I have effects my joints (dislocations, premature osteoarthritis joint pain and weakness), muscles (low muscle tone in my trunk, muscle spasms), skin (skin that doesn't heal well, scars very badly, and stretches more than it should), spinal cord (spina bifida occulta) and eyes (I wear bifocals and have an astigmatism). I'm currently unable to drive because of this but I hope that will change. I use a manual wheelchair when I'm at school to help me get around better.

A service dog would help me retrieve things I've dropped and carry small things in his or her backpack to help free up my hands, as well as provide a constant companion for times when I'm sick and unable to go to school or in the hospital, and help with the social anxiety I experience due to having Aspergers.

Please consider donating to help me get my service dog so that I can be more independent and confident at school, and in life in general =]