My original blog on Never say Never
attracted a lot of hits (thousands) and spurred a number of comments. I am pleased to say that the last two weeks for us have raised the bar even higher and got us shaking our heads in bewilderment. I watched as my wheelchair bound son ride a surfboard …
(I have to pause and re-read that sentence again as, even now, there is still a level of disbelief!)
Swimming in the deep end
could easily be interpreted as a metaphor for something other than swimming … however, in this case its not! ;-)
Have you been able to get your child in or near water? Does it terrify you that they would drown due to their inability to right themselves if they were in trouble?
Let me ask you something … if you could encourage someone to engage in physical activity to the point where they are self motivated to do it again and again, you would want to know about it right?
At the risk of sounding like an advertisement for Nintendo, I write the following blog post …
It’s only been in the last 5-8 years, during which Daniel has been using the computer, that I can finally justify to my mother (now I am 41) that the last 30 years spent in front of a video screen has paid off.
Like most parents of a disabled child we are not medically trained in psychology, paediatrics, physio, occupational therapy, etc. so you need to ask questions.
When Daniel was 3 years old our physios were attempting to get Daniel to reach for pieces of a puzzle (large floor puzzle) while sitting on his bottom on the floor.
Rodney Clarke Welcome to the Hey Dad blog … my name is Rodney Clarke and I suppose I qualify for the Hey Dad blog page for one major reason … I'm a dad! More about me…
