Trips and Travels

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow mindedness... Broad, wholesome, charitable views of man and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."

--Mark Twain

Sydney Opera House, 2000 Paralympic Games

I have been fortunate to travel often in my research and scholarly pursuits related to sport and disability. Many of my travels have been outside of the USA and learning about other cultures has been invaluable for me professionally and personally. I am especially curious about the amazingly wide variety in how different cultures view disability.

Past Adventures

• October 1999 World Wheelchair Games, Christchurch New Zealand
• October 2000 Paralympic Games, Sydney Australia
• December 2000 Milford Track Guided Walk, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
• December 2001 Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Championship, Christchurch New Zealand
• May 2002 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Gothenburg, Sweden
• March 2003 European Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Lommel, Belgium
• 2004 Switzerland Olympic Museum, Lusanne;"Top of Europe", Interlachen; Matterhorn, Zermatt
• October 2004 - December 2004 Sabbatical International Paralympic Committee Headquarters, Bonn, Germany
• July 2005 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Switzerland
• September 2005 World Wheelchair and Amputee Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Upcoming Adventures

• November 2005 Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Johannesburg, South Africa
• March 2006 Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games, Torino and Sestriere, Italy
• May 2006 VISTA Conference, "Classification-Solutions for the Future" Bonn, Germany
• September 2006 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Christchurch, New Zealand
• 2008 Beijing 2008 Paralympic Summer Games, China

Wish List

• 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada
• 2012 Paralympic Summer Games, London, England