WHO benefits from Adaptive Riding??
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Persons with the following disabilities may benefit from Adaptive Riding:
- Learning Disabilities
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Behavior Disorders
- Autism
- Aspergers Syndrome
- Depression
- Cerebral Palsy
- Down’s Syndrome
- Blind
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Bi Polar
- Stroke Victims
- And many other physical and emotional disabilities.
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WHAT are the potential Benefits of Adaptive Riding?
Physical benefits:
- Improved balance
- Greater strength
- Better coordination, faster reflexes
- Muscle stretching
- Reduced spasticity
- Better range of motion
- Improved respiration & circulation
- Better sensory integration
Phsycological benefits:
- Greater self-confidence & sense of well-being
- Increased interest in outside world and self
- More abilities to take risk
- Patience
- Emotional control & self-discipline
- Sense of normality
- Greater sense of control of the outside world & self
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Social Benefits
- Chance to make friends
- Development of respect & love for horses
- Expanded set of experiences
- FUN!!!
Educational Benefits:
- Sequencing, patterning, and motor planning
- Improved eye-hand coordination
- Better visual/spatial perception
- Remedial math & reading practice
- Increased differentiation
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