'When you have a special needs kid, every single milestone is a celebration.'
The 8th annual Emerson Health Learn to Bike Camp is being held in the Greater Boston Metropolitan area during school vacation week.About 40 children with special needs are signed up to either learn to ride a bike or to improve their biking skills. 'It goes gradually from adaptive bikes into two-wheeled bikes,' camp director Tamara Alie said. Bike Camp takes place at Lawrence Academy in Groton , Massachusetts , which is around an hour outside of Boston.
It's also giving him confidence and teaching him agility. 'He has a bike, and he had adult training wheels on it, but now, hopefully, he won't after this. He'll learn how to balance, and he'll have more confidence,' said Holly Keane, Shae's mother.Students eventually train outside, as well, to familiarize themselves with riding a two-wheel bike on pavement.
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