By JOHN ANDERSON Ask most parents how far they’d go for their child, and the usual answer is “to the ends of the earth.” It’s a turn of phrase that Rupert Isaacson and Kristin Neff took literally. “The Horse Boy,” directed by Mr. Isaacson and Michel Orion Scott, and opening in New York on...
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Don Lajoie The Windsor Star Saturday, October 10, 2009 Nine-year-old Annika Merner still regularly asks her parents: “when can Cargo come to school with me?” The Grade 4 student at Colchester North public school has a form of autism known as Asperger’s syndrome, which makes her easily stressed and...
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By The New York Times The New York Times by Michal Czerwonka. Don and Carole Melvin’s therapy dog’s Lady (right) and Missy (left) at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California. In today’s Science Times, reporter Carla Baranauckas writes about a major new effort to study the role that pets play in human...
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When I came across this trailer I was totally moved by it. The Horse Boy, a movie due out in theaters this fall, tells the story of a father who finds a way into his Autistic son’s life through a horse. When the father realizes the connection his son has with their horse the family takes a journey of healing and love that...
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Our family trip to the Zoo went of with out a hitch this weekend. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time! Jonathan was very pleased with the tigers, monkeys and reef exhibits. However petting the sting rays was the highlight of the day for sure. They have a large pool filled with Nurse Sharks and String Rays and...
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