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Find Your Strength through Adaptive Sports & Recreation

Discover the power of adaptive sports in erasing hurdles and fostering a healthy lifestyle and social community. Learn about the history of inclusion and adaptive sports, and the importance of physical activity for individuals with disabilities. Find out how to adapt equipment for various activities and enhance participation. Join us in North Shore for inclusive programs that promote empowerment and well-being.

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Find Your Strength through Adaptive Sports & Recreation

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  1. Find Your Strength through Adaptive Sports & Recreation

  2. Kathleen Salas, PT, MHA Program Coordinator, Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers – North Shore 2010 Program goals? • From rehab to recreation • Erase hurdles: “just do it” • Rethink “athletes” • Access to a healthy lifestyle & social community

  3. Sasc.spauldingrehab.org

  4. Brief History of Inclusion • 1800s Perkin’s School for the Blind-1st P.E. program • 1930s public schools created separate gym classes • 1950s Kennedy Foundation attention on cognitive disabilities • 1972 IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act=equal educational opportunities • 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act: mobility-related mandates: equal access to gyms, parks & recreation (trail width, picnic table height, pools, golf) www.adachecklist.org

  5. Brief History of Adaptive Sports • 1924 – Deaflympics • Veterans post WW2 led to rise • in wheelchair basketball • 1948 International Paralympic • Committee -> 1960 first Summer Games • Returning Vietnam Vets & new amputees founded National Handicapped Sports and Recreation Association in 1968; skiing • Special Olympics also founded 1968 • 2013 US Dep’t of Education: Equal access to school sports for the disabled! • .

  6. Risk factors greater for those living with a disability “25% of Americans > age 5 have at least one disability. Only 12% of adults with a disability meet the minimum physical activity recommendations: -30 minutes of moderate physical activity 5 or more days/week OR -20 minutes rigorous activity at least 3x/ week. Physical inactivity among people with disability linked to an increase in its severity and a decrease in community involvement” Centers for Disease Control 2010

  7. SURVEY RESULTS: Self reported physical benefits from participation (SASC - Boston) Bobbi Delaney BS, PT¹, Anthony Guarino PhD², Lynne Brady Wagner MA, CCC-SLP¹, Pamela Levangie DSc, DPT, FAPTA² ¹Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Boston, MA and ²MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA

  8. Self perceived emotional benefits from adaptive sports and recreation (SASC - Boston) Bobbi Delaney BS, PT¹, Anthony Guarino PhD², Lynne Brady Wagner MA, CCC-SLP¹, Pamela Levangie DSc, DPT, FAPTA² ¹Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Boston, MA and ²MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA

  9. “Minimum Eligibility” Transfer with help Sit for > 30 min Communication/signals Precautions & risks: Skin,infections, oxygen use Contraindications? Post-operative specifics and water sports Who can participate?

  10. Specialized gear Equipment modifications Environment considerations + Individualized teaching for student’s learning style & pace + Brainstorming with clients Focus on abilities =Empowerment What makes activities adaptive?

  11. Example #1: Cycling Recumbent LE trikes Pedal, breaking, and shifting modifications Tandem capability What activities can be adapted and how?

  12. How do we adapt equipment? • Handcycles • Seat & posture adaptations • Pedal grip modifications

  13. #2: Kayaking Seat modifications Paddle grip adaptations How do we adapt equipment?

  14. #4: Therapeutic Riding Saddle options Rein adaptations Lead + 2 side walkers Mondays in Boxford How do we adapt equipment?

  15. #6: Rock Climbing Harnesses Hoyer-like chair chest or legs Grip support Ascending devices & pullbars LVO January Quincy Quarries April How do we adapt equipment?

  16. How do we adapt equipment? • #7: Golf • Solo rider golf cart • Grip support • 1 arm & other clubs • Ergonomics • Indoor “BITS” Reading • Outdoor “BITS” • Marblehead • Lynnfield • Middleton

  17. How do we adapt equipment? • # 8: Court Sports • Sport Wheelchairs: cambered wheels, wide base, quick turning radius • USPTA Harvard Univ • LVO March/April Tues • 5:30 to 7:00 pm

  18. How do we adapt equipment? • # 9: Archery • Grip support • Bow support/mount • Mouth bite • Target distance • Danvers

  19. http://sasc.spauldingrehab.org • North Shore Wednesdays, June through September! • Thursdays Golf • Opportunities to be active • Challenges + benefits • Multi-disciplinary team • Rec. Therapy + OT + PT • Remove barriers ($, transport) Kathleen Comfort Salas, Coordinator Spaulding Adaptive Sports Center, North Shore Phone: 978-482-5358 ksalas@partners.org

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