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I hope I didn't come across as judgemental it's just really hard to get a diagnosis here even when it's blatantly obvious. Also tactful is not my strong point (autism at play)
I hope hippotherapy works for him. Have you looked into intensive interaction. It's an approach that often comes quite naturally but really makes a difference when it's done right. Rebound therapy (trampolining) can be great too especially for children that have a lot of full body stims like spinning. Lockdown makes a lot of these things hard to access but don't worry he has a lifetime to make progress.
No, I didn't think you were judgmental at all. A lot of people think my husband is pretty blunt when he says things, too. I'm sorry to hear that it takes so much to get help in the UK. Hippotherapy is pretty expensive, but I am waiting to hear back from the disability office for the autism waiver. It helps cover things that aren't covered by regular health insurance like hippotherapy, speech, OT, respite care, or other treatment/help. He is going to start at an ABA center next month. I interviewed a ton of ABA centers and I like how this place treated the children and how they handle things when the children are having a difficult time. I've visited them twice and I watched how the kids behaved and the adults too. Everyone was having a good time and when they were having difficulty, the adults handled it with patience and love.
Ah I love school horses and their personalities they very quickly learn the best way out of work is not to protest, but to do nothing at all. Very very de-sensitised! I used to run my own riding school and livery business and the school horses were hilarious
I don’t actually work in the therapy side of things, though I used to do some RDA at our centre. One of my students has gone on to set up her own equine therapy business and offers hippotherapy . Depends where you are based?
That's good to hear that I just had a clever horse! The horse my sister rode was really young and it was so easy to post riding her. She was a dream to work with!