Steve Dalton competed on the San Marin High School Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Teams as well as the Novato Aquanauts Swim Team. On March 2, 2002 Steve was in a single vehicle motorcycle accident that resulted in Paraplegia at the T-4 level. He has learned to thrive with his disability from mentors within adaptive sports programs. Adaptive sports played a huge role in his recovery. He learned to kayak with ETC (Environmental Traveling Companions); water ski, snow ski and downhill mountain bike with DSUSA (Disabled Sports USA). Soon after his accident Steve became active in peer-support groups. Steve says that “my disability isn’t my identity, but it has shaped whom I am and what I want to do. I’m developing a plan to work directly with the newly injured to provide them with opportunities to take “safe risks” in a supportive and structured manner. “I’d like to facilitate an activity-based education program. Participants will be doing more than recreating; they will be building real skills and gaining self-confidence. By helping people discover their “new” bodies and rediscover their spirits, they will transcend what they thought were their limitations.”