This week we were told to go do our favorite activity, that will be more difficult or limited for a person with a disability. It wasn't suppose to be an activity that you think would be easy, but challenging. Here were some of the suggestions:
Decide what limitation or disability you would like to simulate in this activity, and get a friend or family member to help you perform the activity safely. Be Creative! Maybe try out a few different limitations. Here are some ideas:
- Perform the activity in a wheelchair or with one or more limbs immobilized.
- Perform the activity blind-folded, with one eye blocked, or with blurred goggles that inhibit what you can see
- Perform the activity with a few layers of hearing protection to block out the sound
- Perform the activity with a bunch of friends causing a lot of distractions that inhibit your focus and performance
- Perform the activity with a painter’s mask or cloth tied around your mouth and nose to restrict your breathing, or with a bandage tied tightly around your abdomen to restrict your diaphragm
- Perform the activity with an extra 50-80 pounds (30-50 for women) tied around your body and limbs.
Classmates Resources from Lesson 9:
1. From Tiffany Packard
- https://autismlearningpartners.com/resource-list/
- https://www.autism-society.org/living-with-autism/
- (Any type of disability help) http://nationalautismassociation.org/family-support/find-a-support-group/
- http://www.usautism.org/index.htm
- https://www.autismspeaks.org/community-and-support-network/support-groups
- https://ldaamerica.org/parents/
- https://ldaamerica.org/adults/
- https://ldaamerica.org/support/new-to-ld/
- http://www.ldonline.org/
- Lead India - The Tree https://youtu.be/GPeeZ6viNgY This is a powerful video of what was shared last week, the power of collaboration and the differences it can make
- The power of one, and the power of a few is not to be underestimated. When people come together with one goal, or vision, they have to power to change the world. But how do you help others to obtain the same vision you have. I asked this question on my Team Huddle, and Rachel shared with me, "if I am trying to share or inspire others with my "vision", I put my heart and soul into it. If I am passionate enough about my idea, then I will go out of my way to research it, practice it, and then present it in a way that guarantees to illicit some kind of emotion, any kind of emotion depending on the point I am trying to get across. It can be happy, sad, inspired, angry, surprised, the list can go on. The reason why, is because people might forget what you have said, but they will never forget how you made them feel."
- I added Rachel Orchard website for resources. It is so helpful. http://recreationnation4all.weebly.com/
- The Inclusive
Fitness Coalition is a group that collaborates to spread the reach of
accessible recreation as far as possible. There are ways to get
involved, listed resources for information, places to get needed
equipment, and ways to become certified in different areas.
http://incfit.org
Enlightening things from this week Lesson1. As explained in the introduction, what going to follow is the list of different camps and places that does provide accessibility to everyone. Hopefully, as the years goes by, there will be more places like this all across the world.
- Outdoor Activities includes water sports such as sailing, canoeing, kayaking; snow based programs such as downhill and cross country skiing, snow machining, ice fishing; land based activities such as camping, rock climbing, hiking bicycling, riding horses, fishing and hunting.
Benefits of Outdoor Recreation
- Physical Exercise and Activity
- Physical Challenge
- Learning new skills and applying those skills
- Enjoy the wonders and beauty of Nature
- Opportunity to be with friends
- Freedom from stress and pressure
- Closeness to Heavenly Father; spiritual growth
- Outdoor activities are Fun and enjoyable!
- Excitement of planning an outdoor experience.
Below are a number of successful outdoor programs.
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (www.boec.org
Bradford Woods (www.bradwoods.org)
The State of Colorado offers a variety of year-round activities for disabled persons seeking indoor and outdoor adventures.
Hiking in Boulder
Outside of Boulder are 21 natural sites and 22 trails that meet Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility guidelines. The website provides a guidebook for people with disabilities featuring descriptions, maps and videos of wheelchair user Topher Downham navigating each trail www.Bouldercolorado.gov
CTRC Camps
The Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center (CTRC) provides the opportunity for children and adults with disabilities to ride horses with the assistance of certified instructors. CTRC offers a camp where children with and without disabilities can learn to participate in group games and horse-related arts. www.ctrcinc.org
No Barriers
No Barriers USA, a gathering of assistive technology pioneers, has selected Telluride to host its summit August 8–11, 2013. Scientists, inventors, and people hindered by physical limitations will collaborate on solutions for those who are challenged to achieve their wildest dreams. www.nobarriersusa.org
Summit Rock Climbing with Paradox Sports
Paradox Sports, in partnership with the Boulder Rock Club, has established a bimonthly Front Range Adaptive Climbing Clinic for disabled climbers. www.pardoxsports.org
ASA Summer Program
Durango’s Adaptive Sports Association’s (ASA) summer program supports accessibility with rafting as well as canoeing and kayaking. Adaptive adult and tandem trikes are also available. www.asadurango.org
NSCD Summer Program
The National Sports Center for the Disabled’s (NSCD) summer program offers adventures for all ages, including horseback riding, sailing, and more. www.nscd.org
ASC Summer Program
The summer program at the Adaptive Sports Center (ASC) brings dynamic adaptive activities including downhill mountain biking, cycling, hiking, and more. www.adaptivesports.org
Winter
ASA Winter Program
The winter program at Durango’s Adaptive Sports Association (ASA) provides one-on-one lessons and state-of-the-art equipment and instruction, even the method of “sit-skiing.” www.asadurango.org
NSCD Winter Program
The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) offers options from alpine and cross-country skiing, and even ski biking. The NSCD camps of overnight hut trips, moonlight adventures and world-class ski racing. www.nscd.org
ASC Winter Program
The winter program at the Adaptive Sports Center (ASC) includes Siblings Camps, Ladies Getaways, full and half day ski, monoski, ski bike, and snowboard lessons as well as hut trips and snowshoe outings. www.adaptivesports.org
2. As shared up in the introduction, I said that I would share my experience at doing Lazer tag and mini golf. Enjoy!!
https://1drv.ms/w/s!Ano_1vcorOeMqiLqiZhP4WrK9uya
Volunteer Practicum:
I learned a couple of things this week. This week we went to our mentee's home, to make a simple meal he could cook. While there, we wasn't sure if we should asked him about how his goals was going, if he understood how to cook the meal, or anything because his roommate was there. We didn't know what his roommates knew about his disability and what they didn't know about it. We didn't want him to feel embarrasses. One thing I did have asked him, which took some courage for me to asked, was, "Have you sign up for classes?" I am so glad I did, because he didn't realizes it was the time to sign up yet. Than on Wednesday, the next day, on Nov 15, we had our autism meeting. I have a hard time asking questions due to I think it may sound stupid, but I decided to asked anyway. I told them of the situation we had while at our Mentee home, and what was the best way to address the situation. The two advice that was given was too just asked, "So what did we just do?" another thing is take whoever you are mentoring into the hallway and asked "What do your roommates know about your disability? The main reason I asking because I want to make sure you know you are learning what is being taught, but I don't want you to feel uncomfortable" or "While we teaching you how to cook, how will you feel comfortable for us to make sure you understand what we are teaching?" or.. "I know this situation is a little bit different. Normally we meet at the library, but this time it in your own home. What do you feel comfortable in talking about when with roommates?"
Than yesterday I messaged our mentee's, asking if he sign up for classes alright. There was no response, which isn't normally. Our Mentee's is pretty good at responding. I message and asked if our men-tee was doing ok. The response was "I'm fine" I asked "Did you sign up for your classes ok, or was they all filled up?" By asking that question, I was able to help him share how things were going, and help with what was confusing to him.
Resources I found that would be helpful for this week lesson:
The first resource I found is called "Wheel Chair Lazer Tag." I really like this because not only those with and without disability join into the fun, but everyone have to be in a wheelchair which make it more challenging. https://youtu.be/yJn6rZa5uQk
The second resources is called "Wheel Chair Mini Golf" I love this because it is a family playing Mini Golf together and just having a good time together. https://youtu.be/77JB7rvN7MA
The Third resources is called "Wheelchair Playground Challenge | How Is That Possible?" In this one, the playground is not accessible, but the family is making a challenge in making the playground accessible. Even through it wasn't possible, they still had fun trying to make it work. https://youtu.be/IvBtY92GgO0
The last one is called, "How to include young disabled people in activities - narrated by Warwick Davis for Scope" It is about how to make everyone feels included. I almost think through the blond hair boy in this video may have ADHD or ADD. https://youtu.be/wKkRwIOoW0w
Conclusion:
I hope you enjoy this and I hope you found it insightful and better understanding in how to make all outdoor activities and other events accessible for the outdoors. Even through I did it inside (due to it really cold), we have to think about how to make programs available inside and out.
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