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Nonprofit Aims to Help People With Disabilities Fill Void Left by Former Program Closure
The nonprofit aims to open this summer to serve more than 30 people with disabilities that want to resume equine therapy, but will not be able to launch without enough funding.
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Nonprofit Aims to Help People With Disabilities Fill Void Left by Former Program Closure
A new equine therapy program could be coming to Connecticut. Flying Free Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. is being started by the former director of another program that shut down unexpectedly last fall. Horses lend us wings, a feeling Ryan Newman knows well. “My favorite is riding the trail,” he said. The 18-year-old with cerebral palsy started therapeutic riding when he…
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Nonprofit Aims to Help People With Disabilities Fill Void Left by Former Program Closure
The nonprofit aims to open this summer to serve more than 30 people with disabilities that want to resume equine therapy, but will not be able to launch without enough funding.
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Local Man Proves Employees With Disabilities Enhance the Workplace
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and some Connecticut employers are embracing the unique skills that people with disabilities bring to the job. Capital Workforce Partners was behind the 10th Annual Disability Resource Fair, connecting people with disabilities to work earlier this month. Now members of that organization say more employers can turn to this qualified group of people…