Thought I would post this.
http://www.losethetrainingwheels.org/
It's for kids with special needs to learn how to ride a two wheeler.
I know of a child who had half her brain removed and was left with major weakness on one side of her body and she has now learned how to do it on her own. What she learned at "Camp" she continued to practice at home. It's amazing to watch her progress!
Marieke 34, LOBPI (I only managed to ride two wheels when I was nearly 10 years old)
Learning to ride a bike
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marieke
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- Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:00 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI
no external rotation against gravity, can only go to 90 degree fwd flexion, no hand-to-mouth
1 surgery at age 14 (latissimus dorsi transfer). In 2004, at age 28 I was struck with Transverse Myelitis which paralyzed me from the chest down. I recovered movement to my right leg, but need a KAFO to walk on my left leg. I became an RN in 2008. - Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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karategirl1kyu
- Posts: 363
- Joined: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:59 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI, had surgery when I was 9- they moved muscles and tendons from one side of my arm to the other side. I can lift my arm to about my eye level, can't straigten it all the way and can't completely supinate my wrist.
- Location: Richmond, RI
Re: Learning to ride a bike
that is an amazing thing. I learned how to ride a two wheeler when i was 9, and i gave up at one point and threw my bike out where the trash was picked up... dad made me get back on it and try again and eventually i was riding by myself... a few skinned knees, and that one time i landed in a pile of cat poo.... but i learned how to ride... kida wish i had more help in the beginning, may not have wanted to quit so easily.
~Mel, 22, LOBPI
~Mel, 22, LOBPI
~Mel/23/LOBPI