{"id":95496,"date":"2018-07-02T16:29:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T20:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=95496"},"modified":"2018-07-02T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T14:35:08","slug":"nichole-hastings-is-riding-to-celebrate-abilities-this-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=95496","title":{"rendered":"Nichole Hastings is riding to celebrate abilities this 4th of July"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nichole Hastings – 2017 Marine Corps Historic Half<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nichole Hastings is riding to celebrate abilities this 4th of July<\/strong><\/p>\n

This 4th of July, self-advocate Nichole Hastings will celebrate America\u2019s independence and her\u00a0own! Nichole has Cerebral Palsy and leads a very independent life with her fianc\u00e9, Paul and this\u00a0year she will be riding her adaptive bicycle in the Cazenovia and DeRuyter 4th of July parades.<\/p>\n

Nichole has spent many years advocating for herself and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cNichole is one of the most\u00a0dedicated people I have ever met, and when she puts her mind to something there isn\u2019t anything\u00a0she can\u2019t accomplish,\u201d said Shannon Richard Enders, director of development andcCommunications at The Arc of Madison Cortland.<\/p>\n

Last year, Nichole propelled her adaptive\u00a0bike with her hands and arms as she rode the 2017 Marine Corps Historic Half in Fredrick\u00a0Springs, Va., finishing the 13.1-mile race in 4 hours and 11 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be where I\u00a0am today and the adaptive bike rider I am without the therapy team,” said Hastings.\u00a0\u201cI can tell\u00a0you from experience the people at The Arc of Madison Cortland believe in ability and not\u00a0disability.”<\/p>\n

Nichole hopes to join John Robinson and Doug Hamlin from Our Ability during their Journey\u00a0Along the Erie Canal Bike Ride this fall. The ride is a two-week journey that brings awareness\u00a0to the abilities of all people.<\/p>\n

The bike ride runs from Buffalo to Albany each year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to\u00a0raise awareness about adapted sports for people with disabilities,\u201d said Hastings.<\/p>\n

For more information about Hastings or The Arc of Madison Cortland, call Enders at 315.363.3389 ext. 1600 or email Shannon.Richard@arcofmc.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nichole Hastings is riding to celebrate abilities this 4th of July This 4th of July, self-advocate Nichole Hastings will celebrate America\u2019s independence and her\u00a0own! Nichole has Cerebral Palsy and leads a very independent life with her fianc\u00e9, Paul and this\u00a0year she will be riding her adaptive bicycle in the Cazenovia and DeRuyter 4th of July […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,21571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-story","category-veterans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-oQg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nichole-Hastings-2017-Marine-Corps-Historic-Half.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}