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LEISURE AND OUTDOORS - HORSE RIDING
INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS
| Riding instructor Anne Skinner isn’t meant to be alive.
She spent years teaching children with disabilities the joy and therapeutic values of horse riding.
A freak car accident made her the first person to survive such extensive spinal and pelvic injuries. An Australian surgeon needed to invent a world-first metal bolt device to enable her just to walk again.
After a total of twenty operations and three months spent re-learning how to walk, Anne returned home and eventually, back into the saddle and back into competive riding.
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| Amberley now is inspiring thousands across America by telling her inspirational story and competing in rodeos across the western United States. She has let the challenges she faces refine her, not define her.
She was voted the fan exemption contestant at the world’s richest one day rodeo, comparable to the Super Bowl, RFD-TV’s The American. She competed with the best in the industry and received a standing ovation from over 40,000 fans in AT&T Stadium and won over the hearts of America. Amberley has turned her tragedy into triumph and is inspiring all of America to Get Back on the Horse. |
| Having contracted a virus, Transverse Myelitis at just 14 months old, Natasha was left with permanent nerve damage, loss of balance and sensation and severe weakness in her legs. Having grown up in a ‘horsey’ family it was when Natasha was 9 that her physio recommended she applied to the local Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA). Showing a natural talent and huge passion for the sport it was whilst watching the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games that she set herself the goal of one day becoming a gold medalist. Natasha’s childhood dream became a reality when she took her place on the podium in front of an impassioned home crowd at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. |
| After contracting meningococcal meningitis septicemia in 1996 I've slowly progressed around my horses. Both my legs were amputated, I have limited arm movement and strength, with no use or feeling in both hands or wrists, plus all my internal organs were damaged. In 2000 I began competing in dressage and Para Equestrian comp's with the Equestrian Federation Aust' for able-bodied riders, Riding for The Disabled Association Australia and since 2006 with The Federation Equestre Internationale. Since then I haven't looked back. |
| The Adaptive Riding Institute, provides riding lessons, custom horse training, adaptive equipment, and recreational horseback riding for people of all abilities at our ten acre ranch in Scotts Mills, Oregon from October through May. |
| "Horseback riding is a recreational and therapeutic activity enjoyed by individuals of all ages and abilities. As a sport, it provides the rider with the opportunity to master the skills necessary to confidently control and steer the horse through various patterns and obstacles. Horseback riding is also a means to access and explore the great outdoors". |
| The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH International), formerly the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association is a non-profit organisation that promotes the benefit of the horse for individuals with physical, emotional and learning disabilities. |
| The primary objective of Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) is to provide most people with a disability, the opportunity to ride and enjoy all the activities connected with horse riding. Riding for people with a disability is both therapeutic and recreational and RDA is in fact one of the few organisations who offer a multi-diagnostic service, catering for people with a wide range of disabilities.
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| Riding for the Disabled Association is a voluntary, not for profit, organisation which provides riding instruction and other activities associated with riding and harness driving for people with disabilities. RDA provides opportunities for people of all ages to enjoy a safe, stimulating, healthy, therapeutic and recreational sport.
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| The mission of the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program (TASP) is to provide people with disabilities the opportunity to experience the freedom of skiing, horseback riding, canoeing and other recreational opportunities and to make the outdoors accessible by using adaptive teaching techniques. |
| Winslow Therapeutic Center is a non-profit organization accredited by the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association. Therapeutic horseback riding produces smiles, laughter, friendship, and healing. We see children and adults every day who improve their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional well being by learning to ride in our therapeutic environment. |
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