This is teamwork beneath blue bird skies in April. Each person in this group is an integral part of what we’ve deemed the best kind of team hiking, the kind where at day’s end you feel like you’ve truly conquered a mountain, and you have. You are exhausted and smelly and proud and maybe even… Continue reading Team Hiking: It’s Not About Reaching the Top; It’s What We Build Along the Way
There is so much for me to love about this photo: the Tuckerman Ravine sign behind us, my dad being fit enough to hike up to the Ravine, my then almost two year old niece Ella fiercely gripping 9 week old Carver’s fat little fist, my brother and sister- in- law who trekked in taking… Continue reading March Madness: Tuckerman’s Ravine
We play with wheelchairs– for fun. That’s how we roll here in Alpine Village, especially when a gently used one is dropped off as a donation for Eastern Adaptive Sports. Some people leave handmedown clothes in bags; we are left handmedown wheelchairs because when people need them, they need them. They are often challenging, time… Continue reading Universal Design: All for One and One for All
Dear young able-bodied couple parked in the HP spot at Dunkin Donuts, Normally, when I see a car parked in an HP spot, I look first for a handicapped placard or special “handyman” license plate, as my husband Geoff calls them affectionately. Not seeing one, I sometimes wait for the person to return to his/her… Continue reading An Open Letter for People Who Park in HP Spots and are NOT Actually Disabled
Today, December 3, marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016. Each year is a theme, and this one is: Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want, creating a more inclusive and equitable world for persons with disabilities. Geoff returns home today after a week out at Ski Spectacular in Breckenridge, Colorado. Breck… Continue reading Together in the Spirit of International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016
Watch out East Coast: here comes a 16 year old boy kind of hurricane in the form of Owen, Bryce and Matthew. This summer, Owen will use the East Coast Greenway to cycle 2,900 miles from Calais, Maine to Key West, Florida to build awareness for Adaptive Sports Awareness, a non profit organization he… Continue reading Owen’s Ride: One 16 Year Old’s Quest for Adaptive Sports Awareness
Our fundraising season for Eastern Adaptive Sports will be a short one this year as the days grow darker and leaves change color, and we truly speak from our hearts about how much we appreciate the support. Finally, we have received our official non-profit status from the IRS. Whoop whoop! I’m really proud of my… Continue reading Eastern Adaptive Sports Officially Welcomes Chief Motivational Officer Geoff Krill
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 so fast and has good clothes” in her words. Echoed further at the Circle Triathlon yesterday, which we compete in as a family, she asked… Continue reading #WeAreAllSportsFans #3: Did You Know in Addition to the Paralympics September is Also Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month?
Two boys in these photos. One is wearing footie Batman PJ’s on a hot summer evening, and the other, his buddy Logan, is sporting more sensible shorts and t-shirt, along with a pair of crutches. They are playing soccer in our back yard. Together. For over an hour. Until it was too dark to see… Continue reading What Kids Teach Us About Ability: #WeAreAllSportsFans Part 2
My second “public support and sharing of a hashtag” ever: #WeAreAllSportsFans. The first being #endpianoviolence, which if you haven’t checked out Meredith Koch’s story, you ought to. The goal of the #WeAreAllSportsFans campaign, launched by Mpower Sports and Recreation on Aug. 1, is to reach the international sports community and sports fans worldwide and have… Continue reading #WeAreAllSportsFans
Heather Ehrman Krill: The "Write" Kind of Coach 