Episode 02 - Sport & Rec for All Abilities in the USA with Lisa Drennan

🎬IN THIS EPISODE

This is episode 02 and today I talk with Lisa Drennan about how she is helping sport and recreation providers create opportunities for people with diverse abilities across the USA.

🪪About our guest

Lisa is an innovative inclusion leader. She's committed to building inclusive communities and demonstrated that over 38 years. She's been supporting people with disabilities and diverse abilities in the care, community sport, recreation, summer camps sectors across the USA. Through her business Merge Inclusion Consulting she supports and advises a wide variety of community organisations including YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, sports teams, leagues, scouts, schools. You name it, she's done it. She's also the Adjunct Professor of Adaptive Physical Activity at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

🔎Highlights

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:51 About Lisa 
• 02:08 Welcome
• 03:06 Lisa's Backstory
• 06:09 What is Merge?
• 07:00 Working on both side of the "bridge"
• 09:21 Pathways to Friendship Toolkit
• 13:22 The importance of friendship
• 15:49  What creates successful inclusion?
• 21:35 How to connect with people with disability 
• 28:35 The need for strong relationships
• 30:59 The importance of education
• 35:42 What do inclusive activities look like? 
• 38:51 Building links to pathways
• 43:47 Quickfire questions
• 52:19 Lisa's top inclusion tip
• 54:54 Conclusion

🎓 Check out the Inclusive Sport: A Pathway Towards Friendships Masterclass with Lisa here.

🗒️Full Show Notes

Get the full show notes for this episode (including links, resources and transcript) at https://www.inclusivesportdesign.com/podcasts/ep02.

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