Adaptive Expeditions

05/11/2026

This family needs our help! Melissa's 10-year old son (with ASD / neurodiversity) has participated with Adaptive Expeditions for the past two years. Melissa and her two young children currently have a critical and immediate need for financial help. To remain safe they face legal fees that are more than they can afford. Please contribute if you are able.

Hi, my name is Melissa, and I’m a mother to two incredible childr… Melissa Queen needs your support for Supporting a Loving Mom Through Custody and Crisis

02/03/2026

These ripple effects of our work are likely the most important outcomes we can hope for. We make it happen with support from thousands of small donors and Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Coastal Community Foundation Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Move United Sport and many others!

09/25/2025

Congratulations to 10 new ACA Paddlesports Universal Paddling Endorsed Instructors. Last weekend, this excellent group of ACA Instructors honed multi-sensory teaching skills and learned best practices to seamlessly integrate kayakers with physical and sensory disabilities on Lake Allatoona just north of Atlanta, GA.

Huge thanks to Move United Sport and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for making this program possible. Additional thanks to Georgia Rivers and ACA Regional Director, Andrea White, for hosting this workshop, coordinating logistics, and providing venues.

*This program was funded in part by a grant from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The opinions, findings and conclusions stated herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department
of Veterans Affairs.

10/30/2024

Adaptive Expeditions enjoyed a full season in 2024 leading trainings around the USA for outdoor recreation programs that have capacity to better serve people with disabilities resulting from spinal cord injuries. With funding from Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Adaptive Expeditions taught best practices for the seamless integration of paddlers with spinal cord injuries to staff from Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network, REI Outdoor Programs Staff at REI Headquarters in Bellevue, Team River Runner USA at the St. Louis Chapter, and Charleston County Parks Outdoor Experience Paddlesports Staff. All together we endorsed 40 new ACA Paddlesports (ACA) Adaptive Paddling Instructors. During the four training workshops we also helped 18 people with disabilities resulting from spinal cord injuries get into kayaks and onto the water with improved comfort, safety, and performance. What a great year to get together on the water!

09/27/2024

What a great event. What great people. We are so luckily to have such an amazing community.

09/23/2024

. You don't want to miss the featured article written by Adaptive Expedition's Joe Moore and published in The Charleston Post and Courier's Best Of Charleston 2024:

View the Charleston's Choice for Sunday, September 8, 2024

08/27/2024

Huge thank you to Summerville, SC Parks & Recreation and Prosthetic & Orthotic Associates of South Carolina, Bonnie Chapman, and Catherine Spaulding for a very successful first annual Pickleball Run / Roll Tournament. 16 players did their best to come out champions. Everyone learned the game and had a great time.

08/12/2024

very cool!