Horse riding and NDIS

Yes, sometimes NDIS does fund horse riding or equine therapy. Costs of equine therapy may be covered by NDIS if:

1. This form of treatment is likely to have a positive impact on your health and wellbeing and;

2. It is directly related to your disability. It also needs to meet the reasonable and necessary test that NDIS applies to all purchases made using plan funds.

There are a number of organisations you can contact to find out more. Here are a few to get you started:

Riding For The Disabled https://www.rda.org.au/

Horsepower: https://www.horsepower.org.au/funding

Eq Cetera: https://www.eqcetera.org/

Equus Terra: https://www.equusterra.com.au/single-post/meeting-ndis-goals-with-therapeutic-horse-riding

There are some great horse stories on the NDIS website.

Here's one to get you started: https://www.ndis.gov.au/stories/3812-daisy-riding-high-meeting-her-idol

There are a couple of examples of goals here: https://www.leapin.com.au/news/riding-for-the-disabled-how-can-it-help/