Maxim, a 13-year-old genius with socialization and communication difficulties due to autism spectrum disorder, had made excellent progress during two years of sessions at the Israel National Therapeutic Riding Association (INTRA). But months of the pandemic seclusion plunged Maxim into distress. “Without INTRA or school, it reached a point where his mother was afraid he’d lost his ability to speak. […]
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