Start Date
24-4-2025 12:00 AM
Description
Inspired by the reality TV show The Amazing Race, here at Lindenwood participants got to engage in a fun interactive and educational competition. This event’s purpose was to raise awareness about recreational therapy. As recreational therapy students we are always ready to adapt. Many people think that just because you have a disability you can't do stuff, which is wrong. Which is why The Amazing Race was able to show the participants that you can adapt to do activities. We had groups of four to five people that all had different disabilities to compete in four different challenges around campus. These challenges included a blind puzzle to experience visual impairment, wheelchair pickleball to navigate mobility challenges, putting on clothes with one arm to understand limb differences and Pictionary to understand autism. Doing these activities provided an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to learn about different disabilities and showed that our campus is hard to navigate in a wheelchair. We also got to teach participants about adaptability, accessibility and promote disability awareness. This session will showcase what this experience means to an inclusive campus experience.
Recommended Citation
Bailey, Amber and Rauch, Anna, "The Amazing Race: Accessibility Edition" (2025). 2025 Student Academic Showcase. 15.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/src_2025/Posters/Posters/15
Included in
The Amazing Race: Accessibility Edition
Inspired by the reality TV show The Amazing Race, here at Lindenwood participants got to engage in a fun interactive and educational competition. This event’s purpose was to raise awareness about recreational therapy. As recreational therapy students we are always ready to adapt. Many people think that just because you have a disability you can't do stuff, which is wrong. Which is why The Amazing Race was able to show the participants that you can adapt to do activities. We had groups of four to five people that all had different disabilities to compete in four different challenges around campus. These challenges included a blind puzzle to experience visual impairment, wheelchair pickleball to navigate mobility challenges, putting on clothes with one arm to understand limb differences and Pictionary to understand autism. Doing these activities provided an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to learn about different disabilities and showed that our campus is hard to navigate in a wheelchair. We also got to teach participants about adaptability, accessibility and promote disability awareness. This session will showcase what this experience means to an inclusive campus experience.