[Sportsandrec] Horse Back Riding

[Erin K Work]

Anyone have contact information for Dianne Staren? 
I’m thinking of organizing a horseback riding activity for my students and I’m interested in the ‘alternative techniques’ mentioned.
Thank you,
Erin

> On Mar 4, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Peter Donahue via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello again everyone,
> 
>    There are a number of totally blind individuals involved in horse
> back riding. Dianne Staren once taught at a thereputic riding school. She
> developed alternative techniques to enable her to ride independently as a
> blind person and to teach others how to do the same. If we're the
> federationists we say we are we can't allow fear to rule our lives. Now get
> upon your high horse and learn to ride! This is exactly why this division
> needs to create opportunities to allow blind persons to experience sporting
> and recreational opportunities such as horse back riding so they can know
> that horsing around is very doable independently by the blind. Organizing a
> horse gback riding camp or a golf outing would provide blind persons with
> such opportunities.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> 
> 
> 
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