Giddy up! Youth with disabilities go to the wild west for a day at the Exceptional Rodeo KUNC

By Emma VandenEindePublished January 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM MST

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Disability and autism advocate Temple Grandin (middle) poses with Miss Rodeo Wyoming Bailee Mackey (Left), Judi Blum (right), and her seven-year-old son, Elijah, who has down syndrome, at the Exceptional Rodeo. Rodeo royalty members were assigned a "buddy" for the day and accompanied them as they took on the rodeo activities.