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Our friends at Inward Scooters are celebrating their 6 year anniversary and they want to share it with you! Just use code SD10 (as in ScooterDad 10%) to save 10% on any complete in the store. Plus, if your order is over $99, you'll get free shipping on all domestic orders. And, as always, you'll get top-notch expertise and support from Inward Scooters' friendly and helpful staff.

Be sure to tell they guys at Inward Scooters that ScooterDad sent you. :)

Our friends over at Gryndo Scooters are giving away a Holiday Scooter Prize Pack to one fortunate winner! All you have to do is sign up for the Gryndo Scooters newsletter. It's as easy as that! Check out the details below to enter and be sure to get your entries in before December 10th, 2014 to be elligible to win.

From Gryndo Scooters:

We're excited to announce that we're giving away a holiday prize pack that includes some pretty great stuff. All you have to do to enter to win is sign up for the weekly Gryndo newsletter. Every week we send out info on the latest products, reviews, videos, and great scooter articles.

Our friends and advertising partners over at The Vault Pro Scooters recently put together an infographic about the history of the kick scooter over at their site and they asked us to share it here as well. I was quite surprised at how much I learned from inventor's sister's leg condition that led to the invention of the kick scooter to new scootering video game that is currently in development. They did a really great job with this, so I hope that you'll get something out of it too. So take a look and then head over to The Vault to check out their inventory.

Tilt and Gryndo Scooters have teamed up with a contest where you can win a pair of the new Tilt Blaster wheels! Entering to win is really easy. All you have to do is sign up for the Gryndo newsletter OR create a 60-second review of a product that Gryndo Scooters sells on their web site.

Gryndo has written a great review that explains all the key points of why the new Tilt Blaster wheels are so innovative. Check out the review and instructions for how you can enter to win your own set of Blaster wheels.

Click for instructions on how you can enter to win!

On May 31st, in Allen, TX, the ISA will be having another Pro/AM national qualifier scooter competition, presented by Inward Scooters.

Date: May 31, 2014
Time: 11AM - 8PM, check-in starts at 10AM
Location: The Edge at Allen Station Park, 201 St Mary Dr Allen, TX 75002
Divisions: Amateur Divisions ($35), Pro Division ($50)
Registation: AllenParks.org, starting 5/15
Registration Limit: 30 per amateur division, 50 per pro division

The following article was written by my wife, Dena Carlile, who is the mother of my scooter kid, Paxton Swygard. This has been a challenging article to write as we weren't sure if being open/honest about Paxton's diagnosis was a good idea. But we realized that if we can help even one person (parent or child), it's worth it. I'm proud to feature Dena as a guest writer here on ScooterDad and I'm thankful for her contribution to the site and to all the parents out there who can benefit from her thoughts.

I also hope that this article gives a new perspective to some people who may not realize how many kids at the skate park and elsewhere are impacted by Autism spectrum disorders. I know people often misunderstand Paxton and other kids like him. I hope that every reader of this article can learn to be more open to every unique person and his/her challenges in life.

Kenny Carlile - ScooterDad