Living Adaptive

08/27/2022

About an hour ago our all physically disabled team finished the Mt Hood to Coast 200 miles relay run in 32 hours. It was an absolutely wild experience. I haven’t slept for days and my third leg broke me like I haven’t been broken before…it just all went nuts :). It was beautiful and scary. I am grateful for this opportunity to run and share my story. Coming home tomorrow and beginning to train for my next adventure. Thank you to for supporting our movement and my run.

08/11/2022

As a kid I had to quit organized sports and watched my peers move on and play. I've damaged my body beyond repair. It sucked. If I had access to the devices I now wear then much of my issues would've bee minimized. I'm not crying, it's just my reality.
It was my 995th birthday this summer. If you lived by me and would've bought me a coffee or something then consider donating to our Let's Get Kids Moving initiative organized by Forrest Stump and American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association. Kids born just like me deserve the right to exercise, but lack of insurance coverage of medically necessary prosthetic & orthotic care - and other assistive devices - prevents equitable access to participation in physical activity.
As I celebrate the mobility I still have, I'll be part of an all adaptive team running from Mt Hood to Coast (200 miles, 36 hours). We're using our Hood to Coast race as a public platform for social change so that more people - especially children - can get to the starting line.
Your donation goes to fund advocacy efforts. We are succeeding. All kids in Maine now have access to a prothetic running leg and we plan to expand to every state. Let's get kids moving and help them avoid the adversities I've encountered.

We are kickstarting So Kids Can Move, a state-based initiative advocating for children with limb losses and differences for access to recreational prostheses! We are using Hood to Coast to raise awareness of the needs of access to recreational prosthetics

04/26/2022

Standing in the greatest valley on earth

04/04/2022

Limb difference/limb loss month. Here’s how I believe you can honor limb difference in my world…
(1) Don’t feel bad for me. I won’t give you sympathy if we ever compete so don’t give me sympathy on or off the field.
(2) Empower and at the same time limit the celebrations. Especially the nonprofits making a living on our challenges. The CTEV world is littered with these orgs and some are all about the $$$. Instead of celebrating, start advocating for access and funding for mobility devices. You want to empower someone, provide them access to mobility.
(3) Respect the grind of those disabled at birth. Some have normal limbs for life, some get injured, and then there are those of us that didn’t receive healthy limbs from day one. The challenges are significant.
(4) Honor the limb different community by using your healthy limbs. Go hike, walk, run, whatever. Your limbs are a luxury. Use them.
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03/28/2022

Living Adaptive Podcast is preparing to begin again and I am looking for sponsors. I am also zoning in on a new batch of guests and I think you will love this next chapter. After six years of this genre I know what personalities you seek just based on downloads.

This podcast has received lots of downloads over the years and for that I am forever grateful. As life rolls forward I seek sponsorship to help offset the costs of production. I am too busy to do this all myself like years past. Reach out via DM or email (see my link in my profile to hit my website for more contact info). I will stick to only promoting things I see value in, meaning something I do use or something the audience certainly values.

Really looking forward to publishing again. I hope we can continue to lift each other up and build a beautiful adaptive world. Sponsors! Reach out!

Picture of Scott Davidson resting on the edge of steep cliff in the Mojave desert. Scott is smiling after a long climb.

03/25/2022

5 inch shorts for two straight years. I’ve worn pants like three times. Got to show them limb different legs off. You’re looking at the reigning king of Skips Leg Day (tm). I encourage everyone to drop any sort of leg workouts. It’s just not natural.

03/14/2022

A lot of people want to preserve their bodies. They want to sit around and watch something on tv, get comfy and pass the time. I get that, it makes sense to me, but it’s not for me. The broken body I was given at birth was repaired as best as possible and I want to use what I got. When I look back at my life, I don’t want to see a preserved body, I want to see a body with lots of mileage, lots of stories, lots of finding what I am capable of doing. Real self-actualization. This approach has its costs, especially for someone like me and I accept these costs, but the positives are too powerful to not pursue. So I move forward and push myself further and I feel an overwhelming peace on my path. Do you feel the same?

02/27/2022

When the storms surround me I’ve found benefits to being still, patient and even quiet. The adversity is heavier this past couple of months but the weight isn’t something I can’t handle. Losing mobility, finding mobility, not liking the options available, kind of liking the options available, there’s never a magical fix and this is a road I must travel alone. I am being tried and tested by the universe and out will come a better me. A more compassionate me. I’ve learned to not try to solve my problems in the darkness of night. To be patient and understand that mindfully experiencing the cold, the chills, the darkness allows me to truly appreciate the sunshine and warmth of a summers day. It’s my human condition. It’s your human condition. We all suffer it’s the variables that make us different. Life is good. ☀️ 🌍 💛
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02/16/2022

I really don’t want to be aborted…and this isn’t a religious thing. Parents message me wanting me to provide some sort of blessing that it’s okay to abort their unborn child because of clubfoot. I can’t give this blessing. These messages destroy me because we’re weighing lots of factors from cultural differences, lack of adequate care and more. I then often need to explain that my life isn’t worth less than any other life because I am born different. I have to explain because I am bluntly told this is in fact the case, meaning I am considered lesser in certain cultures. Some days I break down and cry for the unborn child, for the mother and for myself…and then other days I power through. These conversations are tough.

I am not here to judge. I am not a religious person. I will not speak against the right to choose, it’s not my place. I am here to just say that I would never want to be aborted, that I love the gift of life, I love my different body, that even with massive challenges and setbacks, for instance, this past week, that I don’t want any other life. If you have an unborn child with a limb differences, clubfoot, you have a miracle and this child’s life isn’t worth less than a child born without differences. If you struggle, you have a team here that will help you. Please continue to reach out if you struggle.