3 years ago

This was an amazing day for all of us involved.

Maria Velat for being such a great inspiration to so many people.
John Velat for raising such an amazing young woman.

Thank you to the following people for playing such a great roll in making this gift possible

Jim Gilliland
Jack Chatal
Tom and Jayne Simmon from High Pressure Pneumatics
www.myhighpressureair.com
Scott Bradley for his procuring of the gift from a veteran only site
And to all others who made this possible.

Meet Maria. She is fighting to integrate athletes with disabilities in school sports, not just as a spectacle to show token accommodation, but as adaptive athletes who score points in an adaptive category. Disabled kids should have the same opportunities as their non-disabled peers to earn a varsity letter, progress to state finals, earn state-level athletic accolades, and be valued team members.

The current fight is for track & field since it is so simple to integrate adaptive athletics. Almost every state has some model in place to allow adaptive athletes the same opportunities for placing and advancement, but Michigan and 13 other states do not.

Join us in our fight to bring awareness to this issue, change current rules regarding adaptive athletes in track & field, and show all of the other potential adaptive athletes that they are an athlete, too.

Read the updates on this petition for more info on the people and issues, and use the documents on this page to propose a rule change in your own state: https://sites.google.com/view/iamanathletetoo

https://www.change.org/p/i-am-an-athlete-too-integrate-disabled-children-into-school-sports

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