Posts filed under: recreation

Aug. 28, 2011
The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
Coach’s disability nothing but a footnote in a successful career
The message, with all its implications for success, can be distilled into three words. Spend any amount of time around this coach, around his football program, and you’ll come away parroting the mantra: “Figure it out.” Catchy, sure. But it’s more than a nice phrase. It’s Mark Speckman’s coaching philosophy. And his life.
Leave a comment

Filed Under: disability awareness, employment, physical disability, recreation

July 31, 2011
KHON-TV (Honolulu)
Kailua man completes paddleboard race despite disability
The Kaiwi Channel is one of the most difficult channels to cross on a paddleboard. On Sunday, some of the world's top athletes took on the challenge in the 15th annual Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard World Championship.
Leave a comment

Filed Under: physical disability, profile, recreation

May 9, 2011
WBAY-TV (Green Bay, Wis.)
Blind Runner Trains for Third Marathon
The Cellcom Green Bay Marathon is just one week away. Both the full- and half-marathon are at full capacity. One local runner from Green Bay has overcome obstacles to reach the finish line. Rod Maccoux will be running his third marathon. In the process, he's become an inspiration to others.
Leave a comment

Filed Under: recreation, visually impaired

April 10, 2011
The Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gazette
Berne Union senior adapts to life, softball with disability
It's the best sleight-of-hand trick you'll see on a softball field, and Alanna Sanborn has it down cold. The Berne Union senior outfielder camps under fly balls, catches them with her left hand, and in one fluid motion tucks her glove under her right arm and comes up throwing with her left. It's a technique that Sanborn has mastered not because she's a show-off, but because she's had to.
Leave a comment

Filed Under: education, inclusion, K-12, profile, recreation

March 28, 2011
Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Storytellers: On motorized chair, with the heart of a competitor
All of his life, Tony Jackson loved sports. He liked the idea that two people, or two teams, would face each other and do their best. One would win, and one would lose. The drama appealed to him.
Leave a comment

Filed Under: adaptive sports, education, higher education, physical disability, profile, recreation

March 22, 2011
CNN
One-legged wrestler wins NCAA title
Arizona State senior Anthony Robles clinched the NCAA wrestling championship in his weight class.
Leave a comment

Filed Under: education, higher education, recreation

March 16, 2011
The Los Angeles Times
Regulations for disability access take effect
New federal regulations improving access for the disabled took effect Tuesday at more than 7 million facilities nationwide, including many used for recreation.
Comments (1)

Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), public policy, recreation

March 13, 2011
ESPN
Villanova's Student Managers
Tom Rinaldi profiles the student managers for Villanova's men's and women's basketball teams who both have cerebral palsy
Leave a comment

Filed Under: profile, recreation

March 1, 2011
Henrietta Post (Henrietta, N.Y.)
Henrietta woman brings competitive canoeing to people with disabilities
A marathon canoe racer since 1971, Jan Whitaker, of Henrietta, was teaching outrigger canoe lessons at the Genesee Waterways Center in Rochester in 1997 when she met a 9-year-old girl who had mobility impairment in her legs, requiring her to use leg braces. Whitaker, who had never before taught the sport to a person with disabilities, began showing her the ropes of outrigger canoeing, a type of canoeing that uses a canoe with a stabilizing pontoon, usually affixed to the left side of the canoe, to provide additional stability.
Leave a comment

Filed Under: adaptive sports, Paralympics, recreation

Feb. 17, 2011
CNN
Teen athlete says he was cut from team due to disability
Like most kids, Anthony Burruto started playing baseball in community Little League, ultimately joining the high school team. Born with a birth defect, Burruto, 16, had to have both legs amputated below the knee shortly after he was born. He has played baseball since he was 8, thanks to prosthetic legs.
Leave a comment

Filed Under: education, inclusion, K-12, physical disability, recreation

  • Areas of Interest