Camp helps special needs children learn to ride bicycles

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Camp helps special needs children learn to ride bicycles

par Oyez Oyez » Mer Jan 02, 2008 7:30 pm

[img:122:176]http://www.bikingbis.com/_photos/adaptedbike.sized.JPG[/img]Balance can be a huge challenge for children with special needs. The equilibrium it takes to ride a two-wheeled bicycle can seem beyond many of these kids' abilities, creating another barrier between themselves and their peers.

That's why I was glad to see the Easter Seals of  Northern California was sponsoring an "immersion" camp this year to teach bicycling to children with special needs.

The camp and systematic approach to teach two-wheeled cycling was created by a retired mechanical engineer from St. Louis, Richard Klein, who holds similar camps around the country. His program is called "Lose the Training Wheels." ...

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Other cycling
Publish Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:15:27 -0800



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