Special needs therapy arrives on horseback


Helpful hooves: Students with special needs participating in an equine therapy session at SK Luyang in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: What started as a small volunteer-led effort to bring horse therapy to Sabah’s special needs children is now galloping into public schools – giving more students access to this special treatment.

For the first time ever, equine-assisted therapy was formally introduced at a public school in Sabah through a two-day workshop held from July 9 to July 10 at SK Luyang here.

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