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Bedford students try adaptive sports in Northeast Passage "Similarity Awareness Day"
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Ross Adlergio Middle School hosted Northeast Passage’s Similarity Awareness Day for students and staff; Bedford educators say the event aimed to increase inclusion in PE and gave staff practical, adaptable techniques for inclusive physical education. The Bedford Education Foundation funded the sessions.
Ross Adlergio Middle School students spent multiple days using adaptive sports wheelchairs and learning about adaptive athletics during a Northeast Passage “Similarity Awareness Day,” presenters told the Bedford School Board on April 14. The program brought adaptive-sport wheelchairs into school PE classes and ran separate sessions for staff.
School leaders said the weeklong activity was intended to give students first‑hand experience with mobility limitations and to teach classmates how to include peers who use wheelchairs in typical games and activities. The presenter described stations that used about 25–30 sport-style adaptive chairs and said every PE class at the school…
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