Today I went down to the Equine Center to talk to Cindy Burke, the director of the TRP, about some of her riders that I could use for my story, what she thought would be appropriate for me to cover and how I could do it. We decided that I would profile the family (potentially) of a nine year old girl named Catherine and her older brother Brian. Catherine was misdiagnosed with Autism when she was young, has had her diagnoses changed several times and is not deemed to have ADHD. Cindy told me a little bit about Brian, who also has ADHD, I believe. I've worked with Catherine in her riding lessons two years ago, so I am a little more familiar with her.
The reason that Cindy and I thought that this family would be good for me to profile is that Catherine's story is pretty dramatic. She didn't speak until she was at least three years old and went through a lot of different forms of therapy until she began riding horses. She actually said her first word while she was riding.
I'm going to the barn this Tuesday to meet Joyce and watch Brian and Catherine ride. I'm pretty excited :-)
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