It was Special Needs day at Cedar Point

Tweet

My son goes to public school. He is in a multi-handicap classroom. They had planned a trip to Cedar Point for yesterday. My son, had surgery a year ago and had rods put in his back. The school aides use a lift to get him out of his chair at school, so I inquired on what they intended to do with him at the amusement park. They said that they would put him on a few rides, but my husband and I figured he would not get to ride at all. The only thing that a wheelchair can go on is the big paddleboat. My husband and I decided to take my other son out of school and go with them. Bryan had been to other amusement parks and loved riding. My husband took off work and we all went. It was a great day. He rode lots of rides. The school also gave us the aide that he would have had at school. It made it so nice. They were not real busy and the three of them lifted him on and off rides, while I held the wheelchair in place so they could get him back in it. He had a ball. We had decided to make it a great day for him, as I am guessing it is probably the last time that he will get to go and do this. His brother will be 18 next April and I know we cannot do it alone. I took pictures of him on a lot of the rides. We went back to the car to go home and gave him a sandwich, within 10 minutes of finishing that, he was out like a light. He slept the rest of the way home, which was about an hour. He stayed up about two hours when we got home and was in bed again. He slept all night and we had an awful time getting him to get up for school this morning. I am so glad that we were able to go, and give him a great time. The other kids that were in wheelchairs, rode one ride and that is all. Most of the time, when you seen them, they were sitting under trees, in the shade.