Episode #274: How Birdability Is Helping People Find Their Way Back Outside

In this episode of Life in Motion, Jeremy talks with Cat Fribley, Executive Director of Birdability, about making birding and the outdoors more accessible and inclusive.

Cat shares how birding first became a source of calm and connection in her own life, and how a later mobility-related disability changed the way she experienced nature. That journey eventually led her to Birdability, an organization helping people find accessible places, programs, and communities where they can enjoy birds and the outdoors.

They talk about Birdability’s growing accessibility map, the small changes that can make a big difference on trails, birding by sight or sound, and why accessibility benefits far more people than we may realize. At the heart of it all is a simple idea: there are many ways to experience nature, and they all count.

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