The Horse Boy...

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Read and enjoyed The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson.

Rupert Isaacson was a horse trainer, married to a psychologist. They had a son named Rowan who, at the age of four, was identified as severely autistic. But he loved animals in general, and one horse in particular; and his father had a dream of taking him across Mongolia on horseback to be healed by shamans.

So he did it.



And it worked, at least to an extent that made all the difference to the boy's quality of life.

I read this because of my interest in autism, but really, it was more like reading a travellogue with a special case scenario. Fascinating.