I Survived the Florida Trail and Found My Purpose as a Black Neurodivergent BackpackerKeep reading >
By Crystal Gail Welcome
I think of the impact every single day that I, a Black, disabled lesbian living with mental and physical health conditions, could be a living example and help others see their potential, and all I can do is smile.
Nature Helped Me Heal After I Was Diagnosed With Lupus. I’m Never Giving That Up.
By Kisha Jarrett
This planned hike came with an immense amount of pressure, too, because I am a fat, Black woman with an autoimmune disease. I was about to break barriers and I’d raised a lot of money at this point from sponsors supporting the hike. We were planning to chronicle the experience for a documentary.
Keep reading >What the Outdoors Community Gets Wrong About Deaf People
By Hannah Turner
“Right now, folks are still surprised to see us, so I look forward to the day that people go hiking or they go climbing and they’re not surprised to see us out using ASL and doing these activities.” — Sonya Wilson
Keep reading >Disability Rights Advocate Virginia Rose Believes Birding Belongs to Everyone
By Virginia Rose
When I retired in 2016 from my full-time job as an English teacher, I had more time for birding, but I really wasn’t planning on starting a movement. It just happened to me — starting with a simple birdathon in 2018.
Keep reading >Why “For Us, by Us” Is So Crucial When It Comes to Disability Justice in the Outdoors
By Alexis Jones
“One of the biggest barriers, for sure, is just people recognizing that this is important for the disability community and we have the knowledge and skills, and that we want to be out there and we don’t need people to do it for us.” — Syren Nagakyrie
Keep reading >How Training in Nature Led Lacey J Henderson to the Paralympics
By Rebecca Sky
The Paralympic community became a place Henderson felt safe, where she was finally seen for every part of herself, and the experience of being around disabled people taking care of each other changed her profoundly.
Keep reading >10 Products That Make Nature More Accessible For These Adventurers
By Natalie Trevonne and Sofia Webster
People assume that we never go outside or that it’s a feel-good inspirational moment when we are spotted in public. But disabled people know the truth: we are everywhere in every space.
Keep reading >What I Learned After Visiting All 7 Wonders as a Disabled Person
By Marcela Marañon
At the end it was all worth it to feel that confidence, that empowerment, that feeling that you can do anything you want — even though your life, your body, has its limits.
Keep reading >I Review Accessible Trails For a Living —
Here Are 5 Standouts Across the US
Here Are 5 Standouts Across the US
By Syren Nagakyrie
As part of my passion and job, I’ve traveled throughout much of the United States as a disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent hiker and have seen firsthand the ways in which accessibility on the trails can be an afterthought.
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Guest Editor
Alice Wong
Editors
Alexis Jones, Sarah Wasilak,
Lena Felton
Lena Felton
Creative Director
Jae Payne
Art Director
Becky Jiras
Illustrator
Lindsay Stripling
Copy Editor
Bryan Brandom
Editorial Production
Karen Snyder Duke,
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Allison Ingrum
