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Wonders Within Reach

Wonders Within Reach

Accessible Family Adventures

The Ultimate Guide to Kayaking for People with Physical Disabilities

Everything You Need to Know About Safely Traveling with a Shunt

Why Haven’t Disability Moms Been Told These Facts?

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✈️ Travel writer 🎗Spina bifida mom
Sharing our journey to help others in theirs
💜 Jesus, adoption, and inclusion
👇♿️ Accessible Adventures👇

Life isn’t what I thought it would be. It’s st Life isn’t what I thought it would be. It’s still pretty stinking awesome. 

Never forget to cherish all the good on a hard journey.

Maybe your happy ending is better than anything you had in mind.

Thanks @accessibility_with_aspen for the inspiration - mom version 

**Wonders Within Reach is a travel blog for families with disabilities. It’s a sharp learning curve, so we share as we go - inspiring and enabling other families to get out and explore! Follow along and help create a world that’s for everyone.**

🎥 Video Description: Jenn walking and eating ice cream with all three kids. Jaden is using his wheelchair.

#SpinaBifida #NephroticSyndrome #MedicalMomma #DisabilityMom #SpecialNeedsMoms #FamilyAdventure #MedicalMoms
This is HUGE. We’ve gotten stuck so many times This is HUGE.

We’ve gotten stuck so many times - recruiting strangers to help carry a wheelchair up three flights of stairs.

Never again! Thank you @google and @googlemaps !

📸 Cover photo cred @thelibraryof_ 

🎥 Video Description: Screen recording showing filters to select wheelchair accessible routes and find accessibility alerts

#GoogleMaps #GoogleMapsHacks #AccessibleTravel #AccessibleTourism #WheelchairTravel #AccessibleRoute
Compression bags are my favorite, and we DID get a Compression bags are my favorite, and we DID get all five coats, ski pants, and winter gear into one suitcase… but this is an exaggeration.

My biggest packing tip is just to prioritize. You don’t need four pairs of shoes for a week away. Jeans can be worn more than once. Try to wear your bulkiest shoes/clothes on the plane.

I start with all our medical necessities. Anything else we end up needing can be a Walmart (or thrift store, if it’s big) run.

Pack light and have your kids carry what they can. They like having their own bags and it’s less on your back. We try to stick with carryons because it’s less to carry and saves time on both ends. I do a backpack so my hands are available.

**Wonders Within Reach is a travel blog for families with disabilities. It’s a sharp learning curve, so we share as we go - inspiring and enabling other families to get out and explore! Follow along and help create a world that’s for everyone.**

🎥 video description: empty backpack with quick clips of clothing being thrown in

#TravelTips #FamilyTravel #ILoveTravel #ExploreTheGlobe #FamilyGetaway #KidTravel #goadventuretogether
Adaptive sports - because every kid deserves to kn Adaptive sports - because every kid deserves to know how awesome they are.

Jaden is the most athletic of my kids. He’s fast, he’s strong, he’s fearless: everything he needs to thrive as an athlete. 

He wouldn’t know this if he were on a typical sports team. He can’t run (though he can out-ROLL just about anyone), he can’t kick a ball, he can’t jump. If he only ever saw his friends’ sports, he’d think he wasn’t good enough. Like judging a fish by its tree-climbing abilities, his rubric would be skewed.

Sled hockey gives him a way to be successful on his own terms. All the fun. All the challenge. All the adrenaline. All the team spirit.

Different kids thrive in different sports and I’m so grateful he could find his niche.

We just wrapped up the season at the U.S. Nationals and he can’t wait for November to start again!

📸 Phot cred to Phillip

@hammerheadssledhockey 
#AdaptiveSports #AdaptiveAthlete #SledHockey #USNationals #AdaptiveNation #AllAbilities
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    Why Kayaking is an ideal sport for people with a variety of disabilities, and how to adapt it for your physical needs

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