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ADAPTIVE MOBILITY INITIATIVE

The AMI is a collaborative project providing mobility education and training to promote and enhance exploration, adventure, and independence for people of all abilities in the outdoors.

A white woman wearing a blue helmet sits in a silver and purple wheelchair. She has a scooter attachment on the front of it and is leaning to the side.

A group of wheelchair users pose on a mountain trail. A sign to their left says No motorized vehicles except wheelchairs.

Two wheelchair uses roll down a dirt road in the woods.

ADAPTIVE GEAR LIBRARY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAINE GEAR SHARE

To provide adaptive equipment rentals to create equity in outdoor recreation and exploration by reducing financial and access barriers.

INVENTORY + RENTAL FORM

Two wheelchair uses talk in a parking. One has his back to the camera and the other has a scooter attachment on the front of her chair.

GEAR LIBRARY FLIER

ADAPTIVE TRAILS

A trail system with five levels of trails to promote outdoor exploration. Users can discover their personal abilities and learn new techniques for navigating varied terrain in a safe and supportive environment.

TRAIL MAP + RATINGS

*Trails are still in progress!

A trail through the woods. The closest tree has a surprised looking face with a mustache attached to it.

ADAPTIVE ADVENTURE
OBSTACLE COURSE + TIMED TRACK

A purpose built obstacle course and timed track for users to evaluate the efficiency, comfort, and ease of use of various adaptive equipment.

A wheelchair user with a blue ball cap ducks under a fallen tree in the woods.

WHEELCHAIR BUILDING DAY
January 24th and 25th, 2025

"What I cannot create I do not understand."

Join the Adaptive Outdoor Education Center and Erik Kondo for a wooden wheelchair building day at our Brunswick location! This will be a fun and educational day learning how to build a low-cost, capable wheelchair as part of our Adaptive Mobility Initiative.

Want to learn more or get your organization involved in building your own wheelchairs? Please get it touch

A group of people around an outdoor table under a tent. The table has several wooden boards on it. They are talking intently. Three are standing and one is sitting in a wheelchair.

DIY HELP

Are you looking to build your own DIY Wheelchair? Through our work with Erik Kondo, the AOEC has created in depth step by step guides on building various Kondo DIY Designs. If you missed our wheelchair building course, feel free to use these to build your own!

2x3-X WOODEN WHEELCHAIR

A close up picture of a wheelchair made out of PVC pipe.

KONDO DIYS

Erik Kondo of Open Source Innovations has created multiple different DIY wheelchairs and other adaptive equipment. As a part of our gear library at the Brunswick AOEC location, we invite folks to come and try out some of his designs on our campus.

KONDO DIY DEMOS

A close up picture of a wheelchair made out of woo and painted red and black.

A white man in a wheelchair gives a thumbs up to the camera. He is sitting on a cliff overlooking a forest with mountains in the distance.

The AMI is in collaboration with Erik Kondo.

Erik is an entrepreneur and innovator! He has been a Wheelchair-User for 35 years due to a spinal cord injury at age 19. Erik has extensive experience with a wide variety of mobility devices, both as a user and a creator!

LEARN MORE HERE!

INDIVIDUAL GRANT GUIDE
We have put together a list of available grants for individuals! This is a great resource for funding for various needs such as adaptive equipment.
If you know of any other awesome grants for individuals out there, please let us know at infoAOEC@gmail.com so we can help share the resource!

THANK YOU TO OUR AMI PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS!

Enock Glidden

Madison Area Memorial High School

The Alfred M. Senter Fund

Interested in learning more or getting involved? Please get in touch!

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS

PHYSICAL ADDRESSES

3000 Outdoor Center Rd.

Carrabassett Valley, ME 04947

675 Old Portland Rd

Brunswick, ME 04011

MAILING ADDRESS

6027 Village on the Green #130

Carrabassett Valley, ME 04947

207-237-2676

infoAOEC@gmail.com

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