Joint Committee on the Draft Disability Discrimination Bill Written Evidence


Memorandum from the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Therapeutic Riding (DDB 106)

  Having been fortunate enough to speak to Roger Williams MP at the House of Lords on 3 March he suggested I contact you on behalf of ACPTR and the disabled riders, clients and patients we represent.

  The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Therapeutic Riding is a Clinical Interest group of Chartered Physiotherapists who have undertaken further postgraduate training to specialise in Hippotherapy. Mostly our members work in a voluntary capacity with Riding for the Disabled Association, others work in conjunction with their job placements in specialist paediatric hospitals, schools and other centres and with other support charities such as the Multiple Sclerosis Society and learning disability groups.

  Our work is valuable and we feel essential to maintain therapeutic input for the long-term disabled and congenitally impaired who all too soon reach a cut-off point with the NHS and other organisations. We continue to provide treatment, therapy and sporting options for so many who no longer have many options open to them and are able to assist in integration through the use of the horse.

  RDA and ACPTR have been expert partners in this field for many years and we would like to see this work more widely available, more recognised and accepted and above all realistically funded to achieve these professional goals.

March 2004




 
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