Are we having fun yet? (National Therapeutic Recreation Association).

Inclusive strategies are the name of the game in parks and recreation. Everyone matters, and coordinated efforts should be made to be sure opportunities exist. But just because you want to include everyone, are you doing the right thing? Do the people in your community view your inclusive strategies as successful?

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, in collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. with Mary Beth O'Brien, interviewed youths with and without disabilities about their perceptions of social interactions, social acceptance, accommodations, physical accessibility and other factors that could influence the inclusive recreation experience. What they found and the implications for inclusive recreation services will be the focus of a session at the National Institute on Recreation Inclusion, to be held Sept. 4-7 in Bloomington, Minn. NIRI NIRI National Investor Relations Institute
NIRI Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Mississippi)
NIRI Near Infrared Imager
NIRI National Institute on Recreation Inclusion
NIRI New Ideas Research Institute offers a wide variety of educational sessions geared to the novice as well as the advanced provider of inclusive recreation services.

For more information, go to www.nrpa.org or contact Susan Potts at spotts@nrpa.org or 703-858-2151.

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