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Project Mobility is a non-profit organization created to help provide specially designed bicycles, as well as the training to use them, for various groups and events. These specialized bikes create a sense of freedom for those who are disabled. Bikes restore a sense of possibility and ability to those whom are often told by society that their life is about limitations and disability.

Hal Honeyman, founder of Project Mobility: Cycles for Life, Inc. has been involved with bicycles as a sport, business, and recreation for nearly thirty years. Hal's interest in "adaptive cycling" -- bicycles for people with disabilities -- was spurred when his own son Jacob was born with Cerebral Palsy. Hal wanted to find a way for Jacob to join the family when bicycle riding. After Jacob's needs were met, Hal found specialized bikes for other disabled children and began creating specialized bikes when other bikes were not available or did not exist for that particular disability.

For more information, see www.projectmobility.org or call Hal at (630) 762-9807

Mike Bentley maintains a listing of bicycle manufacturers and resellers of adaptive bicycles and tricycles at http://www.mikebentley.com/bike/handicap.htm

As printed in the VHL Family Forum 13:2, August/September 2005. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. Further information is available from the VHL Family Alliance, info@vhl.org.