Posts filed under: adaptive sports

March 13
KOMU-TV (Columbia, Mo.)
Wheelchair Basketball Coaches on Disabilities
There's a saying that you know someone when you walk a mile in their shoes, but at MU, those who don't walk taught people what makes their wheels spin Saturday.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, disability awareness, recreation

March 3
The Roanoke (Va.) Times
Glenvar's Jake Tyree has hoops and dreams despite paralyzing disability
Jake Tyree is like any other highly recruited basketball player.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, education, higher education, physical disability, profile, recreation

Feb. 28
ABC 7 Chicago
Athletes with disabilities compete in wheelchair sports
Wheelchair basketball is not only the oldest sport for people with physical disabilities, it's also the largest.
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Filed Under: Paralympics, adaptive sports, recreation

Feb. 22
Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle
Winter Sports Complex luge adapting to people with disabilities
More than a dozen participants of all ages came from across the state to take part in the third annual adaptive luge clinic Sunday at Muskegon State Park’s Winter Sports Complex.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, recreation

Feb. 18
The Miami Herald
Scuba diver won't let disability deter his underwater pursuits
About 30 feet deep on Molasses Reef off Key Largo, Greg Rodriguez chased a barracuda, temporarily eluding his scuba-diving buddy, Jim Elliott. When Rodriguez and Elliott emerged about 45 minutes later, they were chuckling.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, recreation

Feb. 4
Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel
Orlando to oust horse-riding program for disabled
In the two years Jonalyn Davis has been bringing her daughter Sharon for therapeutic horseback rides at an Orlando park, she has seen the brain-damaged teen get stronger, her back straighten, her balance improve.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, public policy, recreation

Feb. 1
The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune
Disability can't keep youngster from the hunt
For most of us, taking a hunting trip involves a little packing, depending on where you're headed, a vehicle and possibly an ATV or boat ride, and a walk or climb to the area or stand.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, physical disability, recreation

Jan. 25
The Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard
80 skiers with disabilities enjoying winter at Toggenburg
For Andrew Lee, things are looking up when he’s going downhill.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, recreation

Jan. 25
Concord (N.H.) Monitor
Man: Disability not liability
Martin Wallem breathes with a ventilator and can only move only his eyes and grind his teeth. He uses those limited movements to tell his son when it's bedtime and his wife when he wants to go deep-sea fishing, hunting and downhill skiing.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), adaptive sports, physical disability, recreation

Jan. 17
Detroit Free Press
Matthew Sanford links yoga's self-awareness and healing
Help Sanford onto a yoga mat, and the 44-year-old who hasn't walked since he was 13 will achieve poses that trouble even the strongest able-bodied practitioners.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, disability awareness, physical disability, recreation

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