Can your ASD children ride a bike?

I have a 5 year old autistic kid but he can ride a bike and he learned very easily..

My son is 4, nearly 5. Rides bike without stabiliser, mild ASD , probably hfa.

I have a child that has ASD and he rides a bike well In fact he rides so good he rides in national youth races U14 , the thing he struggles with strategys and concentration does anybody know how I can work with my boy to help as he wants to ride for GB and anybody know are the any professional riders with ASD ? 

I'm more interested in kids rather than adults.

zone_tripper said:

Actually, the NAS does acknowledge that children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders do have difficulty with fine motor coordination skills, such as tying shoe laces, catching a ball, and riding a bike.  

"...They may find co-ordination difficult. This means that they may find it difficult to do things like use scissors, use knives and forks, or ride a bike..."

Source - www.autism.org.uk/autismeasyread

I must have missed that one. My local independent AS support group trains children how to ride a bike but the NAS group either hasn't noticed how many children with ASD can't ride a bike or doesn't consider it an issue worth addressing.

Arran said:

It is quite well known by parents that children with ASD often experience difficulties learning to ride a bike although the NAS doesn't seem to notice it, or that approximately half of all children with ASD are unable to ride a bike by their 10th birthday.

Actually, the NAS does acknowledge that children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders do have difficulty with fine motor coordination skills, such as tying shoe laces, catching a ball, and riding a bike.  

"...They may find co-ordination difficult. This means that they may find it difficult to do things like use scissors, use knives and forks, or ride a bike..."

Source - www.autism.org.uk/autismeasyread

It is also not unknown for people with ASD to also have Dyspraxia.  

In addition to difficulty with holding a pen/pencil the conventional way, poor hand writing, catching an object, and tying shoe laces, I also had difficulty riding a bike without stabilisers as a child.  

Arran said:

Can your ASD children ride a two-wheel bike? Did they find it easy or did they struggle learning to ride over a prolonged period? Did they learn to ride using a balance bike or with stabiliser wheels? Did any children start off on a bike with stabilisers and failed to learn how to ride without them, but learned to ride using a balance bike at an older age? Have any children had professional training how to ride a bike or training by a local ASD support group? Have any children been trained at school how to ride a bike?

However, after much encouragement from my parents, and trial and error, I eventually learnt to ride a bike and tie my shoelaces.  

I still have difficulty with handwriting and prefer typing.  I still hold pens and pencils the exact same way as I did when I was a small child; in a way different to the conventional way of holding a pen/pencil.  

I never had any desire to ride a bike, so I never learned. I was too scared of falling off, I guess.

I gave up trying when I was 12. I fell off too often.

I learnt to ride a bike without stabilisers when I was about 8 years old. It did not take me too long to learn once the stabilsers were removed, and I could soon ride well. But it took me a while to get used to other bikes, like when we used to hire them for cycle rides.

I never was able to learn, I have AS.  My eldest can do it (AS) but was late to learn and is not hugely confident.  My youngest (HFA) can't.  She couldn't manage even a 3-wheeler scooter or 4-wheel skates either.  They both had a delay with pedalling, which so far my youngest hasn't overcome (8yo).

It took me a long time to learn to ride a 2 wheeler I was about 8. It happened by accident - one stabiliser fell off, and I could still ride fine. Then the other one fell off and I didn't notice for at least 10 minutes that I had been riding with no stabilisers.