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Special Needs Roadshow
Cycling is liberating for disabled people.
It offers exercise, fun, mobility and independence. Yet the potential
and the possibilities are largely unrecognised by both the public
and professionals in the caring services.
There is a wide variety of astonishingly good cycles, available largely
from small manufacturers and importers. We come across considerable
public ignorance of what is available, and many instances of people
buying inappropriate cycles, being unaware of better and often cheaper
solutions. We have also witnessed, at our roadshows, the unalloyed
delight which a first-ever bike ride can engender amongst people,
and especially children, with special needs.
We now have a fully developed disability try-out roadshow, containing
around 20 cycles, some of them very specialised. This roadshow can
be customised to client requirements. It is directed by Company of
Cyclists Managing Director Jim McGurn, who has a son with Down’s
Syndrome, and can advise from experience.
We have also produced a four-page factsheet on Cycling and Disability,
and an audio-visual presentation which can be shown at venues. A typical
show might use a special school as a venue, with invitations sent
out to parents, and through local disability groups. We see it as
a whole-family roadshow, providing fun activities for brothers and
sisters of the child with special needs. We can design the publicity.
Previous clients include Disability Sport Scotland, Riverside Special
School Antrim, Disability Sport Cambridge and City of York Council.
We can provide glowing testimonials.
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