I was not sure what to expect , we are always interested in looking at anything that gives an opportunity for our most disabled residents to have new experiences. I have to say that this was one of the best things to come along since I started working here, (12 yrs)!

What we experienced today was amazing, one young woman has huge communication issues and we rarely see her smile. The connection she had with the pony and the experience of being on the iBex was amazing for us to watch. You must find a way of developing this, we would certainly be customers.

Rosemary M

Bevern View

DISC is the Family Information Service (FIS) for Devon which hold information that may be useful to parents and carers of 0-19 year olds. We are very pleased to be featured in their magazine!

We had a great session with three students from Ellen Tinkham School in Exeter. We set up a base camp next the stream in Easterbrooks. Fire bucket, birdsong, herb collection, honeycomb, overhead canopy provided a sensory experience very different to the classroom. The students rode in the chariot, now renamed the iBex, around the field. The motion of the chariot was again very different to their normal experience of being in their wheelchair. It was great to hear an unprompted “I want another go!” from a young lad for whom unprompted speech is a distinct rarity. We are looking forward to developing links with Ellen Tinkham and the Hollow Lane Summer Club

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The new chariot is out on the farm. We have had the first of the pilot project groups out today. Sharney could carry out a leaf identification challenge at the top of a steep and bumpy field impossible to access with her wheelchair. Great!

Here are some pictures from some of the Pony Access plus a few showing Simon and Obama out and about and busy!