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Welcome !

"Welcome" is such a common word, but one with a very important meaning. It means "received with pleasure and hospitality into one's company or home."

 

Making someone feel very welcome to outdoor recreational experiences on public lands is what motivates Partners for Access to the Woods - PAW. How can a outdoor recreation opportunity be designed so all are included or more importantly each individual feels welcome?

 

PAW continues to work with our many partners to find ways to improve outdoor recreation experiences on public lands and make the visitor feel welcome. The Empire PAW Site outside of Empire, Colorado is being developed into an outdoor classroom for testing trail and exhibit designs that will include persons of all abilities. The site will provide a place where the general public, college students, government agencies and others can come together to experience trail and exhibit designs that included persons of all abilities in these outdoor recreation experiences.

 

Guiding the experiments for trail and exhibits designs will be Proposed Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines for Outdoor Developed Areas.

 

Our Birding for All project, formerly the American Dipper Project, continues to attract new partners.  Our goal is to find ways to include persons of all abilities in outdoor recreation experiences, with emphasis on tactile exhibits and "wayfinding for the visually impaired".

 

 

Welcome to our site.

 

Mission Statement

To conduct research, with participation by persons with disabilities and the general public, on universal design for outdoor recreation facilities, programs, and products and to share that research through educational tools, conferences, publications and the internet.

Universal Design addresses the needs of the whole family. It includes the needs of each of us as we are today and as our needs change through time and the events of illness, accidents and the aging process. Universal design addresses the needs of persons of all ages and abilities.

The Empire PAW Site
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A yellow wabler has a beautiful song
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An exhibit at the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
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Contact PAW at  outdoors4all@earthlink.net
 
Our new website was published  on 11-1-2009