Oklahoma School For The Blind Students Embrace Their Cowboy Spirit On Western Heritage Day

Students from the Oklahoma School for the Blind got to let out their inner cowboy for Western Heritage Day at the Silver Spur Western Lodge.

The day was made possible by the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association, and each student got to ride a horse, catch some fish and even pet farm animals.

Instead of Math and P.E. classes, Piper Conner spent her school day by the pond and showed her new friend, Addison Turner from Conners State College, how to fish.

“Me and Piper get along really good, and I have really enjoyed my time with her,” Turner said.

The students also enjoyed bungee jumping, rock climbing and riding the mechanical bull.

Conner has retinopathy of prematurity.

“I was born three months premature, so that causes me to have tunnel vision,” Conner said. “I don't have a peripheral field, so I can't see things out to my side.”

She doesn't let that get in the way of learning how to do every activity offered.

“That's just one part of you, but it doesn't make up who you are. I approach it as I have a disability, or I have a visual impairment, but I can do all these other things. I am just your average sixteen-year-old,” Conner said.

Even though they're not in a classroom, Turner learned an important lesson from her new pal.

“They can do everything we can do, if not they can do it better,” Turner said.

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