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Personal Ponies
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
A unique non-profit organization dedicated to providing disabled children with a Miniature Shetland Pony to love and care for completely without charge.
Marianne Alexander, a horse breeder, founded Personal Ponies a decade ago with a belief that the lives of children with disabilities are be enriched by having a tiny pony to care for and enjoy.
,Read the many stories of children and their ponies. The vision of pairing disabled children with a tiny equine has proven to be a unique method of fostering love, communication and joy.
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Talking about hearing impairment
Give more, not different.
If a child has a hearing impairment, we sometimes slip in to an exaggerated communications mode. We must resist! Speak normally, as exaggerated lip movements are difficult to read. Adult's should instead provide visual cues that accompanies normal speech, without distorting the message with uncommon motions.