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Therapy tricycles help people with disabilities
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AMBUCS Executive Director J. Joseph Copeland demonstrates a selection of AmTrykes on Thursday afternoon to physical therapy students at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega. The therapeutic tricycles, designed in many different styles, allow individuals who are unable to operate a traditional bike to experience the feeling while gaining strength and movement.
Not every child learns to ride a bike, but the University of North Georgia is working with a national nonprofit to help more children do so. The university’s departments of physical therapy and visual arts are teaming up with AMBUCS, a nonprofit that creates AmTrykes, or adaptive tricycles for children and adults with disabilities. The partnership began when AMBUCS reached out to physical therapy professor Dr. Terrie Millard.