Benefits For Special Needs

For our participants, learning to communicate with a horse provides a sense of independence that can defy disability. Once someone has the power to control a horse’s actions, they gain a new perspective on what they are capable of doing and their fight against whatever life throws at them.

Some of the conditions that have had known improvements through equine-assisted activities:

Children & Adults with Developmental Delays

ADD/ADHD

Autism Spectrum

Cerebral Palsy

Muscular Dystrophy

Down Syndrome

Spina Bifida

Traumatic Brain Injury

Multiple Sclerosis

Parkinson’s Disease

Sensory Integration Disorder

Vision and Hearing Impairments

Weight Control

PTSD, Anxiety and many others