Author: Deirdre Gower

Abdul-Qahhaar Hendricks

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Our son, Abdul-Qahhaar, is a fun-loving 11-year-old happy chappy with an adventurous spirit. Born with a brain abnormality that impacted his muscle tone, he is classified as a spastic quadriplegic. This means he is unable to walk or sit unaided, and his speech and eyesight were also affected. However, despite these challenges, Abdul-Qahhaar has become one of our greatest teacher...
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Damian Gower

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Damian Gower Damian Gower is 27 years old and developed spastic quadriplegia after a reaction to a vaccine at 9 months old. His physical disability results in him being unable to walk, using a wheelchair, and he is very limited in his physical abilities, however he has a heightened spirit of adventure and enthusiasm to experience as much as possible. At two yea...
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Nura Mohamed

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Nura Mohamed Nura Mohamed #TeamNura (Nura, Ayub & Razia) Nura is 21 years old and classified as profoundly disabled with cerebral palsy, complex epilepsy, cortical visual impairment, global developmental delay, spastic quadriplegia and swallowing issues (she has a low-profile Mic-Key feeding tube). She has a loud voice and lots of attitude with an even bigger smile and laugh. We met Warrio...
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Media Release | Cape Town Cycle Tour 2018

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Nine Differently-Abled Children Prepare for the Iconic Cape Town Cycle Tour 2018 Super-Human Cyclists Give the Gift of Adventure On Sunday 11 March 2018 nine differently-abled children, ranging from eight- to twenty-years-old and with varying disabilities, will share in the spirit and camaraderie of the iconic Cape Town Cycle Tour 2018 towed by able-bodied cyclists in specially manufactured bugg...
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A West Coast Getaway at Rocherpan Nature Reserve

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What makes an establishment or other tourism product universally accessible? Is it 10 out of 10 ticks on a checklist of international standards - or is it something more than this?  As an organisation focused on giving differently-abled children tourism experiences, universal access is the core of what we promote through the adventures we enjoy with our Warrior On Wheels families, and to d...
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Build A Buggy Day

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Cape Town Cycle Tour 2017
What fun we had on Saturday! We had planned a Meet & Greet for our buggy teams where the cyclists towing the buggies could meet each other and the differently-abled children who will be in the buggies and their parents. The idea was to all meet, have a chat about what to expect on the day of the Cycle Tour, get to know each other and hand over the buggies, followed by a social pizza lunch. ...
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Accessible Kleinmond

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In August we attended the Cape Whale Coast Mini Indaba held at Arabella Hotel and Spa, listening to key people in the area enlighten delegates as to the area's diverse tourism offerings, and dispelling the common misconception that the whale coast is all about whales... and sharks. On day 2, as attendees dispersed into groups to head out to discover the various regions of the whale ...
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10 Wheelchair Accessible Kids Attractions in Cape Town

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"Mom, I'm bored!" Haven't we all heard this on a Saturday morning at some point in our parental careers and made a quick decision to load the kids into the car and take a trip through our city to find something interesting for our kids to enjoy. With a wheelchair-bound child, sometimes this takes a little more planning and consideration, but our Mother City doesn't disappoint with wheelchair-acces...
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Why Adventures Are Important for Children with Disabilities

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Childhood is a time of climbing trees, riding bikes, poking under rocks and tumbling down grassy hills. Little minds are filled with stories of heroic daring through the books we read to them and the movies they watch. Children take these stories away and let them kindle their own desires for adventure and we see this enacted in their role play as they build their make believe forts, slay imaginar...
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