So, we’re moving on to the bicycle training and doing well! Riding the bicycle in the house has allowed our daughter to feel safe on the bike and learn how to bring her current skill set together. But… we’re not quite there.
The other night when working on how to mount the bike and pedal off, we were having a difficult moment and my wife asked our daughter if they could switch places and let our daughter explain to her how to mount and ride the bicycle. Our daughter explained the process like a pro and it was another moment where you know you understand dyspraxia – when someone can explain a basic activity to you, but they can’t execute it. So I think that is yet another way to explain dyspraxia to doubting friends and family – if you can explain the activity, all the steps, see it clearly, but for whatever reason you can not carry out the activity and you are otherwise “normal” – that’s dyspraxia!