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BUT IT'S THAT BOND THAT IS
HELPING MANY YOUNG CHILDREN
OVERCOME THEIR DISABILITIES.
NEWS 10'S PATSY KELLY EXPLAINS.
" CHRISTIAN CHATTERED ON AND ON
ABOUT BEING WOLVERINE
FOR HALLOWEEN AT SCHOOL ON
FRIDAY.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE BARELY
SPOKE 3 YEARS AGO.
AND NOW HE CAN'T SEEM TO STOP
TALKING.
HE'S JUST ONE OF THE SUCCESS
STORIES AT BRIGHT HOPE
RIDERS. "ONE OF OUR FAMOUS
STUDENTS WAS MUTE. IT WASN'T
RIDERS. "ONE OF OUR FAMOUS
STUDENTS WAS MUTE. IT WASN'T
THAT HE COULDN'T TALK, HE
WOULDN'T TALK. HE HAD A
WOULDN'T TALK.
HE HAD ONLY SAID A COUPLE WORDS
FIVE YEARS OLD. AND WE GOT HIM
OUT HERE ONE DAY, AND HE HAD
GONE HERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. WE
GOT HIM OUT THERE AND WE GO
ROUND BARRELS, GET DIFFERENT
TO TAKE HIS HORSE OVER THERE TO
THE GREEN BARREL.
GREEN BARREL. AND THERE
WASN'T A DRY EYE IN THE PLACE."
THAT'S DOCTOR JERRY MANSFIELD
- HE OWNS BRIGHT HOPE RIDERS.
BRIGHT HOPE RIDERS IS NON-
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
HE SAYS THERE'S A CERTAIN BOND
BETWEEN A HORSE AND ITS
RIDER. "THEY'RE ALL AJITTER IN
THE CAR. WHEN THEY GET HERE
AND THEY WALK UP TO THE BARN, A
LITTLE BIT OF IT'S GONE, AND
THEN THEY SEE THE HORSES AND ALL
OF THOSE THINGS SEEM TO DROP
THEY SING SONGS AND
THINGS."
MANSFIELD SAYS THAT BOND HELPS
DISABILITIES. HE PICKS EACH
HORSE
SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH RIDER.
THEM
AND TO SEE THEM PROGRESS AND IT
REALLY DOES HELP. IT REALLY
CHRISTIAN AND PEOPLE JUST LIKE
IN TERRE HAUTE, WITH CHIEF
PATSY KELLY, NEWS 10. "
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