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Association of Wheelchair Children |
| Association of Wheelchair Children provide wheelchair-using children with free training to enable them to become independently mobile both in and out of doors on a national scale across the whole of the UK.
Owen McGhee, Chief Executive and Head of Therapy at AWC, points out that the training courses also benefit parents/carers and siblings. 'We actively encourage the whole family to attend courses. As well as teaching essential skills to the wheelchair-using child, we like to make our courses as fun and family-inclusive as possible by getting the whole family involved in various wheelchair sports games. It is often only by attending the courses that parents and siblings can see the full potential that their wheelchair-using child can reach. After attending the course, parents and sibling can then carry on helping and encouraging the practice and development of key skills that are taught on the courses. These skills include back wheel balancing, negotiating kerbs and slopes, negotiating stairs and escalators and road safety. |
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http://www.wheelchairchildren.org.uk/ |
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