This week was really fun! The topic was adaptive camping and outdoor activities. There was a guest speaker from NASA and he talked about their organization and brought in some pictures of new improvements that they plan on making for a pond. NASA is a volunteer based organization that mainly focuses on hunting and some water activities. It is especially known for taking people of all sorts of backgrounds and disabilities with mentors out to the woods for deer, bear, small game hunting and fishing. The only downfall I thought was about the program is that they mainly target older populations. The president said they tried running a kid's program last year but the turnout wasn't that good, so maybe with the right advertising and programs it will be sucessful this year!
For the group presentation I thought it was cool how they had the campfire set up made with a fan, a lamp, paper with a wood design, and tissue paper. The group used a creative way, relating to the topic, to split everyone up. They showed interesting videos about adventure camps in Canada, where people can go bungee jumping in their wheelchair and zip lining. For the second half of the presentation we went outside and tried putting a tent together, while all having a different disability. The disabilities were: use one arm and your non-dominant one, visual impairment, and someone in a wheelchair, along with a CTRS. I found this situation frustrating because I have set up a tent several times and my disability was interferring with my ability to help. I was in a wheelchair and it was hard because I couldn't bend over too far otherwise I would fall out and tip over. I feel like that experience will help me in the future because it will give me insight on how people feel in those situations, and how to help them as a CTRS and give them maximum ability.
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