When Katelyn first started coming to Ride On St. Louis on Monday mornings in 2010, her school teachers saw such changes in her focus and behavior that they questioned how this was happening and what it was she did before school on Mondays. Katelyn's grown in more ways than one when it comes to her adaptive riding sessions at Ride On St. Louis. Katelyn, who is nonverbal, has challenges with low tone and seizures. Each week when Katelyn visits, she works on achieving goals in h

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Hi, I’m Katelyn Dawson, I am a horse girl and also an equestrian rider. I have both a visual and hearing impairment and also have cerebral palsy. I wanted to start riding with Ride On St. Louis in 2005 mostly because I love horses. I went through two surgeries, selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) and Percs, which helped with the tightness in my legs and feet. At first, before I had the surgeries, my legs and feet were tight; It made riding difficult. The most challenging thing w