Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 My 71/2 yr aspie can't ride without training wheels either. He has learned to find his own way to ride his bike 'fast' - he dug a hole in the yard big enough for the back tire to go in while the training wheels sit on the ground. He then sets the bike over the hole and pedals his little heart out! He has mentioned that he wants to learn to ride without the wheels, but for now he is happy with his very own little raceway... At this point, I am just happy he wants to ride the bike at all... Good luck!! > > No my son doesn't get any OT outside of school. Wow I am glad to know that I am not the only one struggling with this. I am going to try and put one training wheel on and see if that helps learn balance. > Re: ( ) Bike riding > > > Hi, My son is dx AS and is 6 years old. He would like to learn to ride a two wheeler bike, his four year old sister can ride one and he feels badly about himself. So we have been trying to teach him but he just can not balance or coordinate his feet to pedal consistantly. It is just all too much for him to do and he is very frustrated because his sister and the neighbor kids can do it. I am just wondering do any of your AS children ride two wheel bikes? Was it a struggle? Any suggestions? I am starting to wonder if this goal is realistic for him. Thanks > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > Check Out the new free AIM® Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 You might start him off on the 3-wheeled scooter until he gets the hang of it. Also, have you tried raising the training wheels on his bike? They should be adjustable. raise them about an inch so that the bike will " wobble " a little but will land on the training wheel if it leans too far over. If he masters that, raise them a little more. that will help with the balance. > > > > Hi, My son is dx AS and is 6 years old. He would like to learn to > ride a two wheeler bike, his four year old sister can ride one and he > feels badly about himself. So we have been trying to teach him but he > just can not balance or coordinate his feet to pedal consistantly. It > is just all too much for him to do and he is very frustrated because > his sister and the neighbor kids can do it. I am just wondering do any > of your AS children ride two wheel bikes? Was it a struggle? Any > suggestions? I am starting to wonder if this goal is realistic for > him. Thanks > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Hello , I have 3 children all with ASD of one form or another and not one of them can ride a bike. My daughter who is now 20 tried for several years and then gave up claiming that she hated anything with wheels. My twin sons are 11 and have made several attempts but they can't get the feet and hands working together at the same time, so they would steer and forget to pedal or they would pedal and forget to steer. It got to be very frustrating. Also they didn't have a lot of interest in biking, so we had to make a concentrated effort just to get them outside to do it. My hubby and I love biking so we are considering the adult bicycles with the tandem attachment, so that the boys can ride with us and learn to balance etc at the same time. The other advantage is they won't fall off as easily when they forget to do something, and they won't ride away from us either. The same thing happens with swimming too, but here it is easier because they love the water, so it wasn't as much as of a chore as getting them to ride was. My daughter did learn to swim and my twins are getting the hang of it but it does take a long time to get the coordination down. With biking you have the coordination and the balance both. There is a rig you can get that will hold the back wheel and kind of turn the regular bike into an stationary bike. We used that with our dd for a while to help her to learn to pedal and steer as it solved the balance issue. They are a lot harder to dump that way, but then he is not going anywheres either. Now my hubby is probably Aspergers as well and he did learn to ride. He said it took him a long time to have any interest, but he watched other kids riding to catch on to how to do it. He didn't learn until he was 10 either and it only took him a weekend to do it. He feels that if he had tried when he was younger he probably wouldn't have been able to do it as quickly or easily. Marie www.freedom4families.com Re: ( ) Bike riding Hi, My son is dx AS and is 6 years old. He would like to learn to ride a two wheeler bike, his four year old sister can ride one and he feels badly about himself. So we have been trying to teach him but he just can not balance or coordinate his feet to pedal consistantly. It is just all too much for him to do and he is very frustrated because his sister and the neighbor kids can do it. I am just wondering do any of your AS children ride two wheel bikes? Was it a struggle? Any suggestions? I am starting to wonder if this goal is realistic for him. Thanks No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/857 - Release Date: 20/06/2007 2:18 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Thank you for your idea, I will try that. Re: ( ) Bike riding You might start him off on the 3-wheeled scooter until he gets the hang of it.Also, have you tried raising the training wheels on his bike? They should be adjustable. raise them about an inch so that the bike will "wobble" a little but will land on the training wheel if it leans too far over. If he masters that, raise them a little more. that will help with the balance.> >> > Hi, My son is dx AS and is 6 years old. He would like to learn to > ride a two wheeler bike, his four year old sister can ride one and he > feels badly about himself. So we have been trying to teach him but he > just can not balance or coordinate his feet to pedal consistantly. It > is just all too much for him to do and he is very frustrated because > his sister and the neighbor kids can do it. I am just wondering do any > of your AS children ride two wheel bikes? Was it a struggle? Any > suggestions? I am starting to wonder if this goal is realistic for > him. Thanks > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 http://learntorideabike.com/ A couple of years ago, when my son was 9, he desparately wanted to ride his bike. We tried everything and he was about to give up when I came across the website listed above. It is very simple information, but it was the key to him learning the balance issue. The website says kids can learn in a couple of hours. It took my son with aspergers about two days, but he did get it. We were so proud. We shared it with his OT who has since passed it on to many of his clients. If your child wants to learn to ride a bike, give this method a try. My NT daughter learned at age 5 by this method in about 30 minutes!! She did ride a scooter first. C. Atlanta - 42 Darren - 41 - 11 - BP & Asperger's Lamictal, Tegretol, Invega, Cogentin, Melatonin - 7 Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 I haven't done this yet--but the bike trailers you can attach to the back of your bike might be a good jumping off point. If you have a place that rents bikes somewhere in your are, you might be able to rent one. They basically have handlebars, pedals--and attach to the back of the adult's bike.Vicki Re: ( ) Bike riding Hi, My son is dx AS and is 6 years old. He would like to learn to ride a two wheeler bike, his four year old sister can ride one and he feels badly about himself. So we have been trying to teach him but he just can not balance or coordinate his feet to pedal consistantly. It is just all too much for him to do and he is very frustrated because his sister and the neighbor kids can do it. I am just wondering do any of your AS children ride two wheel bikes? Was it a struggle? Any suggestions? I am starting to wonder if this goal is realistic for him. Thanks Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Autos new Car Finder tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Hi, My son (a 16 yr. old aspie) took awhile to learn to ride a two wheeler. Our other son (14 not aspie) was doing it before the older one also. It did take some time (can't remember how long), but eventually he did get it, so there is hope. Just keep him at it though or he might just give up altogether. Sharon Vicki Behrens <victoriaspoils@...> wrote: I haven't done this yet--but the bike trailers you can attach to the back of your bike might be a good jumping off point. If you have a place that rents bikes somewhere in your are, you might be able to rent one. They basically have handlebars, pedals--and attach to the back of the adult's bike.Vicki Re: ( ) Bike riding Hi, My son is dx AS and is 6 years old. He would like to learn to ride a two wheeler bike, his four year old sister can ride one and he feels badly about himself. So we have been trying to teach him but he just can not balance or coordinate his feet to pedal consistantly. It is just all too much for him to do and he is very frustrated because his sister and the neighbor kids can do it. I am just wondering do any of your AS children ride two wheel bikes? Was it a struggle? Any suggestions? I am starting to wonder if this goal is realistic for him. Thanks Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Autos new Car Finder tool. Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join 's user panel and lay it on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Has anyone heard of Www.Losethetrainingwheels.com They help kids on the spectrum xnd those with Downs Syndrome learn to ride a bike in a week. There are events in Columbus and Cinci this summer and I have asked them of any plans to come to NE Ohio. I will keep this list posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 My son with aspergers took the lose the training wheels program last year in bay village. He learned to ride a bike and is still riding. It is an excellent program. Plus our family resource dollars from MRDD paid part of the fee since it was considered a camp. Kayann Knight wrote: > > > > > Has anyone heard of > > Www.Losethetraining wheels.com > > They help kids on the spectrum xnd those with Downs Syndrome learn to > ride a bike in a week. There are events in Columbus and Cinci this > summer and I have asked them of any plans to come to NE Ohio. I will > keep this list posted. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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