Month: September 2017

"No Child Left Inside" · Accessibility · Adaptive Parenting (an adventure itself) · Conversations with Kids · Family life · Through the Power of Sport

Christopher and Dana Reeve Blog for September 29, 2017: “September is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month”

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Doesn’t every little girl want a Paralympic wheelchair racing Barbie doll? Ours did when she was four, and it remains one of her favorite toys because “wheelchair racing Barbie is fast, has fun hair and good clothes.” Last year this time, our family was all about the Olympics and Paralympics, discussing how they are alike… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Blog for September 29, 2017: “September is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month”

Accessibility · Education · Family life · Local · Through the Power of Sport

Young People are Essential for the Sustainability of Volunteer Organizations

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Meet Annie.  Annie began helping “unofficially” at adaptive waterskiing when she was just 9 years old.  Annie is awesome.  She has grown up between Windham, NH and the docks of Squam Lake, first loading and unloading equipment on the barge and keeping life jackets organized;  now an integral part of EAS and a college freshmen… Continue reading Young People are Essential for the Sustainability of Volunteer Organizations

Accessibility · Adaptive Adventure · Family life · Local · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

Christopher and Dana Reeve Blog, Sept. 8, 2017: “Being Krill-ed”

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Geoff Krill isn’t exactly an ambulance chaser; however, he LOVES meeting people whose lives have been forever changed by spinal cord injury. Recently, while at a cycling event, our friend and adaptive coach MiKayla Briere watched him working with Ryan St. Lawrence, a downhill mountain biker who sustained his SCI just last summer. She smiled… Continue reading Christopher and Dana Reeve Blog, Sept. 8, 2017: “Being Krill-ed”

Conversations with Kids · Education · Family life · Mom is Doing Her Best

Finding Nuggets of Hope

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One of my students asked me today why I hadn’t written anything in a while– a while meaning nine days not six months.  “Cut me some slack,” I requested, “sometimes there is just too much to write and you don’t know where to start.” One, I love that he was looking forward to my next… Continue reading Finding Nuggets of Hope