Our instructors have experience of working with groups with a wide range of special needs.
Sessions can be tailored to the needs of the group and instructors have a range of techniques to include climbers of all abilities. Climbing can aid the development of co-ordination and motor skills, as well as giving individuals acheivable goals outside of the mainstream education system.
For people with some physical disabilities, our assisted hoist system is available. This gives people a sense of the height and exposure that is experienced through climbing.
We are currently working on the NICAS scheme at our Manchester site with a group of visualy impaired adults from Galloways Society for the Blind. Galloways have transposed the NICAS handbook onto CD, and we hope this will lead to more visually impaired people achieving great things through climbing!
Reading Climbing Centre has wheelchair access and disabled facilities.
