Mental Challenged Support Group
Mental retardation is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills ("milestones") during childhood, and a significantly below-normal global intellectual capacity as an adult. One common criterion for diagnosis of mental retardation is a tested intelligence quotient (IQ) of 70 or below. People with mental retardation are people who...
I just joined this community and am hoping that there are some of you out there who can give me some direction. My daughter is almost 10 and is struggling with weight partly because she has hypotonia (low motor skills) so getting her active is a challenge. We are working on getting her into swimming, which she loves and also get her back into horseback riding for children w/ disabilities.
The main challenge I'm facing now is that she wants to ride a bike, but she still needs training wheels, but due to her weight they're not stable enough. Plus, she doesn't have the muscle strength or the coordination to ride a 2 wheel bike.
I'm trying to find if there are adaptive bikes in there area where I live (houston area ) that aren't too terribly expensive. I'm currently in between jobs & our main income comes from my late husband's social security death benefits.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
The main challenge I'm facing now is that she wants to ride a bike, but she still needs training wheels, but due to her weight they're not stable enough. Plus, she doesn't have the muscle strength or the coordination to ride a 2 wheel bike.
I'm trying to find if there are adaptive bikes in there area where I live (houston area ) that aren't too terribly expensive. I'm currently in between jobs & our main income comes from my late husband's social security death benefits.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
You can get an adaptive tricycle at
http://worksmancycles.com/shopesite_sc/store/html/juvenileadaptive.html
My son has an adaptive tricycle and he loves to ride it. We did not get it from this website but these are similar to the one we have. Other activities I use to try to keep my son active are swinging, walking, swimming, bouncy house, and I recently found out that he loves to swing a plastic bat at wiffel balls.
Good Luck, I see that this is an old post.