The Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association, which gives riding and therapy sessions to people with disabilities, has been missing its clients since all of its sessions came to a halt due to COVID-19. “I know it’s been really tough.
They create bonds and relationships with the horses that are out here, the volunteers that are out here. So, for them to be missing all of that is quite tough.” The LTRA has about 65 clients, including 18-year-old Jenessa Fyfe.
Fyfe is a quadriplegic, has cerebral palsy, scoliosis and she is also non-verbal. When she was just five months old, Fyfe had a massive seizure, which damaged half of her brain, and the other half of her brain crystallized.