InStride Equine Assistant Therapy, in Charlotte County, FL, provides hippotherapy and literacy training to children with autism. Hippotherapy or therapeutic horseback riding is great for balance and strengthening a child's core muscles. "Because a horse's gait mimics that of humans, when someone who cannot walk or doesn't walk properly rides one of InStride's 16 specially trained horses, they often feel normal walking motion for the first time." In addition, InStride partners with Horsing Around with Literacy, a program that offers children a chance to read about horses and then visit them.
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