Pets & Autism

When a child hurts, a parent will do anything to help him. Thus, when Rupert Isaacson found out his son Rowan was autistic in 2004, it was a momentous year. Not only because he discovered the source of his son’s tantrums and non-communication, but also because Rowan met Betsy. A horse.
When child and horse formed a bond, Isaacson got a crazy idea: The path to healing might involve horses and took his son to Mongolia, the first country to domesticate horses nearly 6,000 years ago.

To read more about this phenomenal adventure, read “The Horse Boy” on
AOL. com.

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