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Recreation accessibility: Education, Policy and Audits — trails, campgrounds, water access, climbing, golf, adaptive programs, and anywhere else people go to play outside.

10/29/2026

There is skill. There is adventure. There is will power….. AND
Objective trail information can make a world of difference, to all user’s, to make better informed decisions about where and how to use your skill to have the adventure you’re looking for.

10/22/2026

Nearly 30 park sites, including all five of Utah's national parks, now provide adaptive trail equipment.

For writer Jaclyn Greenberg's son and herself, this growing trend meant hiking together without having to turn back.

Click the link in the comments to read the full story.

09/28/2026

Are your races inclusive to adaptive athletes?
Depending on a few factors this can be as easy with education and awareness or sometimes it takes a little bit more strategy and thinking about accommodations.

Thanks New England Green River Marathon for working with us and showing that inclusion isn’t as difficult of a hurdle as you imagine it to be.

Opportunities are in a spectrum, and all are possible!!!

We are here to help!

09/23/2026

There are two questions you can ask a person about their service animal. Do you know what they are?

I have had some interesting encounters with people regarding my service animal and I’ve seen my friends deal with this too. Yes, there are gonna be the jerks out there that pretend they have a service animal and buy the vest on Amazon. There are also those that think and emotional support. Animal is the same as a service. They are not!

It is unfortunate that there are the tubs out there and the ones who that education helps us all!!

09/11/2026

CALL TO ACTION!
rule is up for comment. If you are a person who uses a mobility device and or you like to play outside, get in there and make a comment!!! 👊🏽

Comment suggestions!

— Define access by design purpose and need — not by what terrain a device can physically handle

— Don’t classify adaptive devices as restrictable “OPDMDs” based on whether it made for indoor use. These devices, like hiking boots, are suitable and usable indoors but were made for the purpose of outdoor locomotion and access.

— Throttle control for mobility devices users isn’t a convenience — it’s essential for riders without the hand, arm, or grip function to pedal.

— New rules must supplement, not replace or narrow, existing rights under the ADA and other disability-access law

— Assess devices case-by-case, based on disability need — no blanket bans or blanket approvals by device type or wattage.

— The Forest Service should evaluate other federal and state agencies’ approaches to adaptive mobility devices — and adopt the most inclusive, not the most restrictive.

https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2026-0100-0001

09/11/2026

rule is up for comment. If you are a mobility device user and like to play outside, I suggest making a comment!

Comment suggestions!

— Define access by design purpose and need — not by what terrain a device can physically handle

— Don’t classify adaptive devices as restrictable “OPDMDs” based on whether it made for indoor use. These devices, like hiking boots, are suitable and usable indoors but were made for the purpose of outdoor locomotion and access.

— Throttle control for mobility devices users isn’t a convenience — it’s essential for riders without the hand, arm, or grip function to pedal.

— New rules must supplement, not replace or narrow, existing rights under the ADA and other disability-access law

— Assess devices case-by-case, based on disability need — no blanket bans or blanket approvals by device type or wattage.

— The Forest Service should evaluate other federal and state agencies’ approaches to adaptive mobility devices — and adopt the most inclusive, not the most restrictive.

https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2026-0100-0001

HIGHLIGHT: Friends Of Acadia offers free, hour long adaptive rides on Acadia’s Carriage Roads. From Eagle Lake boat laun...
08/30/2026

HIGHLIGHT: Friends Of Acadia offers free, hour long adaptive rides on Acadia’s Carriage Roads. From Eagle Lake boat launch Thursday and Friday mornings at 10am and 11:15am. This is from early June until September 25th, since 2021!!!

To book a ride or inquire about volunteering please email [email protected] or check out the website mdiwheelers.org

They still have slots for riders this season and if you want to Volunteer— they could use you too!!

Disabilities differ and so does terrain, wheelchairs are not one size fits all. Pavement and packed gravel is not the on...
08/08/2026

Disabilities differ and so does terrain, wheelchairs are not one size fits all. Pavement and packed gravel is not the only part of the world we wanted to move through.

Disabilities differ and so does terrain, wheelchairs are not one size fits all. Pavement and packed gravel is not the on...
08/08/2026

Disabilities differ and so does terrain, wheelchairs are not one size fits all. Pavement and packed gravel is not the only part of the world we wanted to move through.

Video clip: “Family Guy clip of a wheelchair user in the running of the bulls. A spectator throws a bottle cap on the race course, the caster wheels hit it and wheelchair user is ejected.”

Photo of manual wheelchair user on a gravel trail labeled with the blue symbol of wheelchair accessibility. Text reads”now imagine gravel so yes under a manual wheelchair, in the “suitable” surface we are “allowed”.

Photo of an off-road adaptive hand cycle, a Reactive Adaptations Hammerhead, showing its large rugged tires built for uneven terrain.l crawling over a rock with one front wheel. Text reads: ‘This is why our own community invented different devices.’

Photo of an off-road adaptive hand cycle, the Bowhead RX, crawling over rocks. Text on screen reads: ‘Built to handle hiking and biking terrain we’ve longed for’

Photo of a two females in off-road mobility devices, ground is rocky and uneven, gazing out at a mountain view. Text on screen reads: ‘Indoos isn’t the only “suitable” place for us.’

Slide 1: The Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary is today. (ID - different handcycles lined up at eve starting l...
07/26/2026

Slide 1: The Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary is today. (ID - different handcycles lined up at eve starting line of a marathon with sunrise colors)

Slide 2: Slide to 36 years of fighting for true community inclusion. (ID: two wheelchair users chatting one is using a freewheel device)

Slide 3: Access shouldn’t stop where the pavement ends. (ID: a wheelchair Euser with her back to the camera, staring out at the ocean on gravel)

Slide 4: Equal opportunity means inclusion in community programs and recreational activities.
(ID: a female in full scuba gear about to dive in at the back of a boat in blue water)

Slide 5: Everyone deserves to experience the joy of the great outdoors. (ID: two wheelchair users posing at the finish line of the Green River).

Slide 6: We need adaptive programs so everyone can play on equal footing. (ID: a female user standing in an Adaptive golf chair with a fairway and mountains in the background.)

Slide 7: Accessible trails, parks, and waterways open nature up to all of us. (ID: five people on a dirt trail some are on off-road Handcycle some are on two wheeled bikes).

Slide 8: From@catching the wind and finding freedoms out on the open water (ID: two wheelchair users and two teenagers on a dock next to a harbor getting ready to load onto a sailboat with Boston skyline in the distance.)

Slide 9: True inclusion means funding adaptive gear and inclusive community sports. (ID: three off-road Hand cyclist on a trail posing for a picture with an old log cabin behind them.)

Slide 10: To lift access so we can carve down snowy mountains on adaptive skis. (ID: to mono gears posing at the top of a ski run. The ground is snowy and sky is sunny.)

Slide 11: Let’s keep pushing for a world without barriers—indoors and out. (ID: a young girl on her strider with a tutu and bike helmet, holding hands with a three wheeled hand cyclist as they stroll away on a paved path the leaves are red and yellow autumn colored.)

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