3/ I don’t know where I’m going with this. What I’ve learned as a #disabledperson who works with other folks with #mobility #disabilities is that #inclusion is about far more than just #accessibility of equipment. It’s also about equity of access to resources, services & infrastructure required to use it. How #inclusive are we really being if it’s out of reach to all but a tiny % of the #marginalized group? #equity #disability #aMTB #AdaptiveRecreation

/2.5 *DYK since the late 2010s when greyhound pulled out of Canada, there’s no more #WheelchairAccessible #transportation between Vancouver and Whistler BC? My work does an #AdaptiveRecreation camp in Whistler every year with one of the only organizations offering #aMTB guided rides in the province, and the one barrier we struggle the most with is finding transportation for participants who need it. Don’t even get me started on the cost of #AccessibleVehicles these days.

2/ we want the innovation in #aMTB to be rewarded. Unlike mainstream #mtb there are no rentals for us, and very few guided rides, generally in hard to reach places*. With a majority low income pop’n, huge barriers to personal transportation to where guided rides are available, it just feels... wrong. Exclusive. Non disabled folks can also run, hike, walk trails... for many #disabled folks these bikes are #mobilityaids, the only way to independently #accessrecreation & #nature beyond the asphalt.