(upbeat music)
We've seen children go from wheelchairs, to walkers,
to quad canes, to walking on their own,
because the movement of the horse,
is the same as your movement when you walk.
Their legs are stretching, they're having fun,
they're talking to their side walker, or their leader.
They've got a team of volunteers
that are their best friends,
they've got this horse they look forward to every week.
And who wouldn't wanna do that,
rather than sit in a therapist's office?
Okay, now we're coming through the sensory trail.
What you're gonna see is that
the rider's are gonna come through,
and do all kinds of activities,
that are gonna help them with processing skills.
So in coming through,
they have to stop their horse, do the activity,
and then ask the horse to walk on.
When we lived in New York,
I was supportive of a handicap riding program there.
I thought for sure there would be one here.
And so, I started checking around, and there wasn't.
Why don't we check in to starting
a handicap riding program here?
And within a year, that program grew.
We're so blessed at Special Equestrians,
because we have such a community of people here
from all walks of life.
Because we serve children through adults.
And we see these families that come with young kids,
and they're just kind of getting into this world of
"what do I do with my child who has this disability?
What is there for me to do
with my child that has this disability?".
And, we can provide them with something that,
not only helps them,
but it's something that's just fun for them to do.
And so on a daily basis, it's just,
we get to see and live these stories
that these families bring to us.
I would say that, there's different phases
where this program has been helpful to both our son,
and to us.
One of the nice things here
is that I would meet other families,
and they had a group of us on Sunday afternoons,
and all had kids with autism.
And we became friends.
This is one of the many best kept secrets
in the Birmingham area,
in terms of speech therapy, physical therapy,
occupational therapy.
You can't produce this in a speech therapist environment.
We have always had such gentle horses who I think,
know him.
He's always been interested in getting on a horse.
There's never been a problem.
As a matter of fact,
our problem is waiting until
it's his turn to get on a horse.
And so this particular activity is perfect for him
because he's moving, he's on a horse, and the horse goes.
And he loves it.
I think for Tyler,
having an activity has just been
such a wonderful thing for him.
Something he belongs to.
When his brother and sister will ask what does he do,
well one of the things they can say,
"Well, he rides horses."
and it's wonderful that he has something.
Just so impressed to look back
on the years that he's spent in the program,
and where he started, and where he is now.
'Cause there really are so many gross motor movements
that he can do now, that he couldn't do then.
He was able to learn how to ride a bike,
without the training wheels,
and to balance on that.
I really didn't know that he was ever gonna be able
to do something like that.
In a lot of ways, some of our riders are really...
have seen significant changes.
They build self esteem.
When you see someone who comes into the program,
and they're worried,
or they're afraid to get on the horse,
and then, you watch as they're able to do it independently.
For me, it means it's the best legacy
a person could ever want to have.
Children who have never walked, for instance,
they've felt what it was like to move their hips and walk.
I know that he's having a great day,
the day that he gets to go out
to Special Equestrians and ride.
It's a happy day.
And that makes me feel good.
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