The Unintentional Campaigner
In 2020 I planned to swim a two-way Windermere to fundraise for Arctic One, a disability sport charity. The swim was postponed due to the pandemic and in the resulting spare time I created the Adaptive and Disabled Open Water Swimmers (ADOWS) Facebook group. After attending several open water swimming events I noticed a common theme: I was the only swimmer there with a visible disability. I created ADOWS to help me feel less alone and hopefully find some other swimmers that faced similar problems to myself.