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Chad A. Williams | Doing Hard Things My Way

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Adaptive Athlete | CP Advocate
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I’m excited to share something I’ve been working on that means a lot to me. 🦁

Introducing the Possibility in Reach Initiative — an initiative of Doing Hard Things My Way built around a simple belief:

A disability shouldn’t determine which possibilities are within reach.

People with disabilities have interests, goals, talents, and dreams. Sometimes, the biggest obstacle isn't the desire to try something new or pursue something meaningful. It's the financial barrier standing in the way.

Whether it’s adaptive sports equipment, an opportunity to learn a new skill, a camp, a class, or something else that matters to an individual, I want to help make those possibilities more accessible.

Because the individual defines the possibility. Our role is to help remove the barriers.

I'm grateful to be building the Possibility in Reach Initiative in collaboration with Strides 4 Gianluca. Together, we're working to turn this vision into meaningful opportunities for people with disabilities. I'm excited about what we can accomplish together and the possibilities we can help make real.

This is about more than funding. It's about opportunity, choice, independence, and giving people the chance to explore what's possible on their own terms.

I invite you to visit the new website, learn more about the mission, and help spread the word.

🌐 https://possibilityinreach.com/

Together, we can help make possibilities real. 💚

#PossibilityInReach #MakingPossibilitiesReal #DisabilityInclusion #DoingHardThingsMyWay by @chadwillia1

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I spent all day yesterday trying to find the right words for the kickoff of the Doing Hard Things My Way 5K, and I feel like I’m coming up short.

To come all the way to the West Coast, meet Katy/Cerebral Palsy Strong, and bring this event to life together was something I never could have imagined when this journey started.

It was a bit emotional to reflect back on what it took to get to this point, especially after some of the struggles that actually led me here. But more than anything, I’m incredibly proud of where it has led.

A special thank you to Katy for believing in this idea, supporting me along the way, and helping bring it to life. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to build this together and for everything you’ve done to make this event what it is.

Thank you to everyone who came out and took part in the in-person event, and congratulations to the two winners of our On gift card drawing! 👟

I’m looking forward to watching all of our virtual participants complete their 5K throughout the week! And don't forget, we'll be selecting one additional winner from our virtual participants for a $200 On gift card at the end of race week! 👟

But if one thing is certain, the work around this initiative will continue. 🦁🙏 by @chadwillia1

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Doing Hard Things My Way has grown into something bigger than I ever imagined. 🦁

What started as my personal journey has evolved into multiple ways to make an impact — through The Cerebral Palsy Perspective podcast, the Adaptive Athlete Scholarship, the Doing Hard Things My Way 5K, and now the Possibility In Reach Initiative.

Each represents a different way to create opportunities, build community, and show what's possible when we choose to keep moving forward.

Different initiatives. One mission.

Move with courage. Create possibilities. Make an impact.

If you'd like to learn more about any of these initiatives, explore ways to get involved, or simply connect around the mission, I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out!

#DoingHardThingsMyWay #CommunityImpact by @chadwillia1

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@jamesmooney31 joins @chadwillia1 & I on the latest episode of The Cerebral Palsy Perspective Podcast. Check it out now wherever you get your podcasts!
#cerebralpalsy #cerebralpalsyawareness #cerebralpalsypodcast by @chadwillia1

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Loving my new hat! 🪵🐻 by @chadwillia1

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Some people come into your life and leave a lasting impact long after the classroom years are over. Al is one of those people for me...

Grateful for the teacher, and most importantly, the friend. Great seeing you today, Al! 👊🦁 by @chadwillia1

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Meet Chad. 💚

Chad’s change is a shift in expectations.

He wants people with cerebral palsy to have the opportunity to discover what they’re capable of — without someone else deciding their limits for them.

Different doesn’t mean less capable.
Different doesn’t mean less ambitious.
Different doesn’t mean we can’t do hard things.

Sometimes, we just have to do them our way.

Chad wants to see more opportunities for people with cerebral palsy to move, compete, create, lead, work, dream and pursue whatever gives them purpose — with the support to find their own path.

Don’t decide our limits for us. Give us the opportunity to find them ourselves.

That’s Chad’s change. What’s yours?

Share it using #UniqueAndUnited and tag a local leader, business or organisation who can help make it happen.

#WorldCPDay by @chadwillia1

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I've been running since 2022, and almost every year I've dealt with some kind of setback.

But continuing doesn't mean it gets easier.

Sometimes you slow down. Sometimes you change the plan.

You just keep showing up.

Move Anyway. 🦁

#doinghardthingsmyway by @chadwillia1

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I had to show my green for World Cerebral Palsy Day. 💚

After the special weekend that I had and then today being World Cerebral Palsy Day, I am left to reflect on what a journey the last several years have been.

I started this running journey as a way to show up for myself, never expecting it to grow into something that allows me to help others in the CP community through initiatives like my scholarship and the Doing Hard Things My Way 5K.

What started as something deeply personal has grown into something much bigger than I ever imagined.

The change I want to see is for people with cerebral palsy to have the opportunity to discover what they’re capable of and do hard things their own way.

That’s what this journey has come to be about for me, encouraging others to discover what they are capable of, find their way forward, and do hard things on their own terms. 🦁

#UNIQUEandUNITED by @chadwillia1

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Tonight I had the chance to attend my first CP Social, hosted by Cerebral Palsy Strong.

It was a night full of people all with a common connection, all with CP, but all able to come together through the initiative of Cerebral Palsy Strong and their mission around community and connection.

As a first-time attendee, it was heavy. Heavy to be in a room for the first time as a group, sharing a commonality and vulnerability, while also just appreciating the sense of belonging.

It was moving to hear the stories shared, special to make connections, and something I’m really glad I got to be part of. 🙏 by @chadwillia1

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Every man is shaped twice in his life.
First by what happens to him.
Then by what he chooses to do with it...

Thankful for everything that has happened because of the place it has allowed me to arrive at. 🦁

#doinghardthingsmyway by @chadwillia1

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