Riding For the Disabled

Student Testimonial: This service CCA is a very interesting service learning CCA. I volunteer for CCA twice a week. We head to the RDA Centre just somewhere infront of the school. The session is 2hrs. We start at 3.30pm and end at 5.30pm. We are assigned to a horse, a leader who guides the horse and a rider. These riders have disabilities like autism, down syndrome, visual impairment and more. We have to know what their disabilities are and work with them while they are riding the horse. The leader is in-charge of guiding the horse while the side walkers like me protect the rider from falling off or hurting the horse and engaging him or her with activities. Through this service learning opportunity, I learnt how to work with others with different needs from me, like how to handle a child which is visually impaired or with development coordination dysfunction. This has involved being sensitive and supportive to riders with a range of specific needs. I have to respond sensitively and supportively to these children. I really believe that this CCA will help students to improve their communication and socialising skills with the people working there. They will then be able to use these skills in the workforce in future.