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The Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding in Concord,

Tenn., has been helping handicapped and disabled children

since 1987 by exposing them to the world of horses. Some

students wear leg braces or need walkers or wheelchairs.

Some have Down's syndrome, attention deficit disorder or

cerebral palsy. Others suffer from mental retardation or

autism. But on their horses at STAR, they are all riders, and

in the special bond between human and animal, sometimes

small miracles can happen.

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