Every Child’s Dream 🚲

Every Child’s Dream is to ride a two wheeler bike especially with your friends. As a child kids ride their bikes everyday. The thrill of the wind in your hair, being able to go really fast and that smile on your face. I don’t know any children that don’t like to ride their bikes. It’s easy you hop and ride.

What happens to the children who have disabilities? How hard is it for them to ride a bike? They can’t just hop on their bike and off they go. This week I’ve had the privilege to go to bike camp with the boy I do respite care with. It’s a camp for children with disabilities to learn how to ride a two wheeler. They bring their own bikes that G gets to ride tomorrow without his training wheels on. All week he’s been on adaptive bikes to help him with his balance and the skill of learning how to ride. It’s amazing to watch.

https://icanshine.org/

This is the organization where the children learn how to ride. They are a company from the USA and they teamed up with OT’s from Queen Alexander hospital to help the children. There were 5 children including G at the session he’s in. Each child has two guides with him as spotters and they ride a bike that has two wheels at the front and a roller on the back for the back wheels. The roller helps him learn how to balance on his bike. It has a handle on the back with a spotter to make sure that he stays balanced. As G gained more confidence he then could ride a bike with one of the staff from the camp that is a tandem bike. G rides in the front and the person in the bike mirrors what he’s going if G stopped peddling then so did the person behind. It was fascinating to watch. It was like a dance with two people in sequence. The last bike G got to ride is a regular two wheeler that has a handle on the back and their is one spotter in the front and one in the back to hold that handle is needed. G rode that bike on his own in the straight part, turning takes more balance. His dreams are coming true to be able to ride a bike without his training wheels wow it’s massive.

There was another mom beside us today and she said all her son every wanted to do is ride his bike with his friends. Today he did that and was able to ride without help with the handle. His mom sat in awe with tears in her eyes. She kept saying I can’t believe this.

Tomorrow G will ride his bike. He still needs the handle for guidence for the next couple of months until he gets that balance but it will come. For G he’s mastered so many things in his life. No more training wheels. I’m so proud of him. This boy he’s done so many amazing things in his life. He never gives up. When I want to give up I’m reminded how he perseveres and never has given up on anything.

I’m so blessed that I got to go to this amazing camp. I read that the organization I can shine has taught 30,000 people with disabilities to ride a bike. Wow that’s incredible. I can’t wait to see him on his own bike tomorrow. 🚲