From The Santa Fe New Mexican: "My Little Horse Listener brings deaf kids, horses together" (December 8, 2022).

Xavier Montoya, 8, takes a break from reading his Hulk book to look at Thor, the miniature horse who nibbled on. his jacket, Thursday at My Little Horse Listener therapy facility in Los Cerrillos. Montoya was one of eight students from the New Mexico School for the Deaf who visited the facility to improve their reading skills. Some of the students are able to hear with hearing aids while others are completely deaf. Gabriel Campos/ New Mexican.

Liam Mohan-Litchfield twisted and manipulated his tiny hands, using sign language to read before a white miniature horse named Thor.

“I read a book about my shoes,” 7-year-old Liam signed to an interpreter.

He was one of eight students from the New Mexico School for the Deaf who traveled to My Little Horse Listener therapy facility in Los Cerrillos on Thursday to improve their reading skills while meeting a group of pint-sized equines.

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