[Sportsandrec] Horse Back Riding

[Nella Foster]

Erin:

If you will send me your contact information I will forward it to Diane Starin.  I don't want to give out her information without her permission.

You can email me at jellybeanfarm at gmail.com

Nella

-----Original Message-----
From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Erin K Work via SportsandRec
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2019 3:08 PM
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Cc: Erin K Work
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Horse Back Riding

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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