AccesSurf- Beach Access for All - Ocean Accessible Programs for People with Disabilities
Channel: ThinkTech Hawaii
Date: 2016-09-23

AccesSurf in a local nonprofit providing free programs for anyone with a disability to access the beach and ocean. Cara Short and Rich Julian join our guest host, Chris Aguinaldo to discuss the benefits of having access to the healing power of the ocean for both the mind and the body, the overall well being from exercise and adaptive water sports and the overwhelming benefits of having a sense of community that our programs create.
Isolation, exclusion and inaccessibility that people with disabilities and their families experience in their daily lives.

AccesSurf offers programs to provide access to the healing power of the ocean both physically and emotionally. Increase in over health and well being for participants
AccesSurf events create an aware and inclusive community. Many reports from participants about the life changing benefits of being accepted and encouraged to try new things and to be part of community. 

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