Taking it in their stride

Shamens and horses helped improve life for Rupert Isaacson’s autistic son. Tommy Barker reports

ADVENTURE comes fairly naturally to Rupert Isaacson — so perhaps it’s not a total surprise that having a young son assessed as autistic became, well, as just a different sort of adventure to be embraced.

Family life and Rupert’s day still involves horses, horses and more horses, but it also involves healing, therapy, treks to shamens, battling for bushmen and tribal rights, literary talks and medical debates. And, then some more horses.