children

Build A Buggy Day

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
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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Why Adventures Are Important for Children with Disabilities

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
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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Surf’s Up for Differently-Abled Children

Posted on by Deirdre Gower
Blue skies, gentle swells and sandy toes were in the mix for a fun morning on Muizenberg beach with William 'Surfman' Leadbetter, a team of volunteers, a paramedic from ER24 and the lifeguards giving Damian Gower and Ashtan Davids a surf experience. Damian was rather nervous for his first time and got a little chilly, but came out of the water shrieking with the joy of experiencing a new ad...
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