Girls, Aspergers, and ... horses?

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I've never been interested in horses, but I was obsessed with elephants when I was five-eight. After that I got a computer obsession

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I started horseback riding at 7 or 8, when my mother decided i was "too isolated and needed to get away from my books a bit", and i got extremely into it. I did all sorts of horse camps, cow boy camps (yes, with cattle lol) and indian camp in the mountain, pure awesomeness, it lasted around 8 years i think.

I've been searching for this thread title for the last 6 months on Pornotube. No joy.

was obssessed as a child and have one now.

I do not like Equus caballus, I prefer Cervus sp.

I was obsessed with horses, yes, but also wolves. As a child I loved horses. I collected horse figurines, wore horse tails. (I even bought a fake horse tail at a furry convention a couple years back!) I always wanted one, but haven't ever had the money. I volunteered at a hippotherapy(sp?) stable for a while too! My obsession with wolves and other canines is likely to be related to my therianthropy, which is in itself probably related to me being Aspergers. This is why everyone says I act like a dog. I even growl, snarl, whine, whimper, and yip in my sleep!

Do I think that Aspergers girls stereotypically love horses? Yes, but I don't think it's exclusive to horses! Aspergers people in general, seem to love animals, and seem to have a better understanding of animals. Like Temple Grandin has expressed, Autistic people's and animals' minds seem to work similarly.



-Mallory

No, never understood the horse obsession. I was really into wolves for a few years, but that was the extent of my animal interests. I also knew an aspie girl who was so into cats it was scary. She would go around making cat sounds at people in the hallway at school. That was rather bizzare.

I'm into kitties and fluffy bunnies more than anything else.

But hey they say that riding and horse caring is therapeutic for people with all kinds of disabilities, including Autism. I don't recall ever riding a horse except Zoo pony rides. I would consider riding a horse for Asperger's therapy is such a thing does exist and see what it does for me.

No, don't like horses.

Lock me up for it, already,

I loved horses as a kid and worked at a stables for a while. I only gave up riding because I couldn't afford it once I left home and had kids but I'd love to to back to it

I don't have this, I don't hate horses and I'm not scared of them, I just don't mind them. This might be because I went on a pony that galloped really fast at the circus when I was 5 or 6.