Healing Power of Horses
17 Apr 2009
Rupert Isaacson believes in the healing power of horses.
Rupert Isaacson says that his autistic son Rowan found healing power in the horses he rode during a family trip to Mongolia two years ago. (Courtesy Kristin Neff)
It was a horse named Betsy, after all, that Isaacson credits with helping to heal his son Rowan, who was diagnosed with autism just after his second birthday in 2004. The toddler’s uncommunicative, tantrum-ridden state devastated his concerned parents.
“Rowan would have as many as 12 tantrums a day,” Isaacson, 42, told ABCNews.com. “Everyone knows what a regular toddler tantrum is, but add a deep distress where the child is just inconsolable and unable to communicate the pain that they’re in.”
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I truly believe in the Healing Power of Horses. How about you?
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