As the title suggests, we took our first trip to meet the people who work and participate in the CRI program. While there, I learned two very important things.
1. There were three different groupings mentioned in terms of creating and using equipment for people who are have disabled. There is equipment made for leg, trunks, and arm. There is equipment for trunk and arms usage. And the last one is the spinal and arm usage. The community tries to fit the needs of all the people who come in but I forgot to ask what people who are impaired in hearing do when directions are being shouted out to athletes.
2. The goal of the program is to give a means to be as independent as possible. One challenge to their independence is set up which requires the help of an able-bodied person. Another challenge is that means of access and storage are extremely difficult to work through by yourself and needing the help of others takes away from your independence.
The young woman who showed us around explained and demonstrated a lot of setbacks that they are facing; some issues are easy to fix (like covering hard seating with duck tape and foam) and others were almost uncontrollable (like the movement of the water. Our role is to create or improve upon the products that will give the athletes the most independence with the best safety and of course ensuring the most fun.
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