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Stepping Forward-Staying Informed Evening Lecture Series
Adaptive Sports and Recreation for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
Presented by
Northeast Passage
Wednesday May 16, 2012 6:30-8:00 PM
Location
Boston Medical Center
Boston University School of Medicine
72 East Concord St.
14th Floor, Heibert Lounge
Boston, Ma 02118
About this Month’s Speaker
Northeast Passage (NEP) was founded in 1990 as a private non-profit organization. In March of 2000, after years of successful collaboration, NEP officially merged with the University of New Hampshire as the service branch of the Recreation Management and Policy Department within the College of Health and Human Services. The mission of Northeast Passage is to create an environment where individuals with disabilities can enjoy recreation with the same freedom of choice, quality of life, and independence as their non-disabled peers.
Chandler Bullard, a New Hampshire native and advocate for diversity awareness, acquired a spinal cord injury in 1993 as a teenager. He currently works for Northeast Passage as a program specialist, where he runs and presents Similarity Awareness, a program teaching school aged children that we are all more similar than different, with or without a disability. Chandler also coaches the Northeast Passage Quad Rugby Team.
David Lee serves as Northeast Passage’s assistant director charged with planning, coordinating and implementing sports and recreation related events for individuals with physical disabilities. He has been with Northeast Passage since 1999 and created the organization’s school-based Therapeutic Recreation program for children with disabilities that modifies activities and experiences to meet IEP goals and objectives. David specializes in adaptive equipment, adaptive cycling, water skiing and outdoor access. He has a master’s degree in Therapeutic Recreation from the University of New Hampshire.
About this Month’s Topic
Adaptive sports and recreation offers individuals with spinal cord injury the opportunity to participate in a variety of recreational activities that may otherwise be impossible. Participants use specially adapted equipment to overcome their mobility limitations and enjoy sports such as skiing, golf, tennis, water skiing, power soccer, sled hockey, quad rugby, and other indoor and outdoor sports.
The design of adaptive sports and recreation equipment is constantly evolving to meet the needs of anyone with a disability who wants to participate. This educational session will offer the opportunity to see different types of equipment, discuss its uses, and determine the best equipment for an individual’s ability.
Resources for locating and trying adaptive sporting equipment throughout New England will also be provided as well as how to find organizations who offer adaptive sports and recreation throughout the U.S.
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