Access Intimacy in Nature: Assessing Care through Direct Experiences

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Audience: Nature and forest therapy professionals, healthcare practitioners, and individuals interested in the therapeutic benefits of nature.

Overview:This presentation explores the concept of access intimacy in nature, focusing on the relationships between able-bodied and disabled beings, and how nature can provide healing and restorative experiences for all.

The presenter will draw on their experiences as a Forest Therapy guide to discuss the importance of equality and access in nature using direct experiences being a gateway for connection.

Summer Crider, the founder of "The Giving Cypress,” a Nature and Forest Therapy guiding business, and a professor at Gallaudet University brings forth "access intimacy" in their transformative work. As a Deaf, Woman, and Queer guide, their insights illuminate the nexus of accessibility, intimacy, and Nature Therapy. Rooted in Disability Studies and Cultural Studies, Summer's discourse reshapes paradigms of understanding how…