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[NARRATOR] It's not always
easy for 15-year-old Milo

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Lawson to get around; a fact
his parents know very well.

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[KIM LAWSON] For Eric and I,

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you know,
it's a lot of stress.

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We don't...we don't sleep.
He doesn't sleep at night.

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He has seizures all day.

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He wears a helmet 24/7,
because he could have

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a drop seizure at any time.

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[NARRATOR] Milo,

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who developed epilepsy
and autism at age one,

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has challenges
with basic movement

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that affect all four members
of his family.

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[KIM LAWSON]
We don't do anything.

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We don't really go
on vacations.

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There's a couple of places

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that we go
because there is a pool

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where he can swim,

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but getting on an airplane

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with him is just super hard
and taking him

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anywhere is super hard.

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"Let's go." [NARRATOR]

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But get this young man
on an adaptive bicycle

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at outdoors
for all in Magnuson Park

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and the concerns about his
constant health issues

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start melting away
with the powerful medication

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of being able to move outside
like everyone else.

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[ED BRONSDON] Don't
you remember the first time

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you learned to ride a bike?

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What did that make you feel
like?

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It's as close to Harry Potter
magic as it gets.

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[NARRATOR] That's Ed Bronsdon,

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executive director of Outdoors
for All, a nonprofit

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which has been helping
our entire community

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enjoy outdoor recreation
for more than 40 years.

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[ED BRONSDON]
We help everybody, people with

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and without disabilities,
get out and go cycling

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and skiing and kayaking
and rock climbing.

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But our cycling program
in particular,

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it doesn't matter

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whether it's raining,
doesn't matter

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whether it's sunny, we can get
everybody out on a bike.

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[KIM LAWSON]
Milo is loving this.

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[NARRATOR]
Thanks to a partnership

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with the Seattle Department
of Transportation, Outdoors

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for All is able to provide
free rental of these bikes

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through the month
of September.

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[KIM LAWSON] Keep going.

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[NARRATOR] A family that once
felt stifled, is free,

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and a person who once felt
ostracized is riding high.

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[ED BRONSDON]
When we go out on our bikes,

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we become the cool kids
because everyone's like,

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"Well,
let me look at that bike.

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How's that?" As opposed to

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someone
who might get picked on

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or as opposed to
someone who's left behind.

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This way everybody's included

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and everybody gets to have
some fun outside.

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[NARRATOR] Outdoors for All
has 250 bikes like this one,

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what's believed to be

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one of the largest fleets

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of adaptive bicycles
in the world.

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And they're making an impact

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all over
Seattle and King County.

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(gear clanking)

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Outdoors for All,

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brings its bikes out
into different neighborhoods,

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like here at Seward Park

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in southeast Seattle,
to encourage

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as much participation
as possible.

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[ANN SUTPHIN] I'm
sure there's a lot more people

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in the city of Seattle that,

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if they knew about this
program, would love to use it.

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[NARRATOR]
Ann Sutphin is the Mobility

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Solutions manager

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for the Seattle Department
of Transportation.

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(bike bell rings)

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Like Outdoors for All, SDOT's
mission is to make Seattle

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more accessible,

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by improving access
to mobility options

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for people
dealing with physical,

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cultural
or financial barriers.

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[ANN SUTPHIN] It's front
and foremost for us.

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All ages and abilities
for active transportation

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is very important to us.

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[NARRATOR] SDOT support

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has helped double
the number of rides

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for the outdoors
for all adaptive bike program,

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not just helping the Lawson
family, but helping reduce

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traffic congestion and fossil
fuel pollution, too,

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for every family in the city.

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[ANN SUTPHIN]
Making our community

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a place that you can get
around by biking and walking

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makes for a healthier
community.

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Outdoors for all
and their adaptive cycling

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program is such a treasure
in our city.

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And the fact that we can
amplify that is wonderful.

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We're lucky. [NARRATOR] The

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Lawson's
say they're the lucky ones.

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[ERIK LAWSON] Giant leap out
of the doldrums and into fun

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and you forget
about any lack of ability.

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Erik Lawson is hoping Outdoors
for All can help everyone

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see how people who have
special needs

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have some special insight
to offer too.

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[ERIK LAWSON] It's
just a wider

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lens of what
empathy looks like in

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providing equity for kids that

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have abilities
that just diminish

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their ability to do things
that the typical kids can do.

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[NARRATOR] Put simply,
if a family dealing with this

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many challenges can discover
the joys of riding a bike,

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you probably can, too.

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So spread the word: Outdoors
for All, really, is

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for all of us.

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[ED BRONSDON]
It is extraordinary

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and I get very emotional over

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it because there's
so many more people

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who could take
advantage of this.

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And we've
just got to find a way

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to get them out there
because everybody can do it.

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[KIM LAWSON]
His favorite thing to do.

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[ANNOUNCER]

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