Posts filed under: adaptive sports

Jan. 25, 2010
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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Jan. 25, 2010
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: adaptive sports, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), physical disability, recreation

Jan. 17, 2010
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

Jan. 11, 2010
ESPN
Can SnoCross Adapt?
When the first-ever Adaptive SnoCross is held in Aspen at Winter X 14, it will be the third X Games competition designed for disabled action sports athletes. Mono Skier X, which became a full medal event in 2007, was the first and last summer saw Super X Adaptive (motocross) gain medal status as well. While all three are distinct, they share important traits not just with each other but with every X Games competition -- specifically, they require a delicate balance of skill, courage, and showmanship.
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Jan. 10, 2010
The Shreveport (La.) Times
Clinic helps wheelchair athletes' skills
Shooting a basketball can be difficult. But for the young men and women who participated in the wheelchair basketball clinic Saturday in south Shreveport, that might seem like the smallest of hurdles.
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Jan. 6, 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Recreational therapist uses sports as rehabilitation
For Anita O'Brien's patients, a disability means possibility.
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Jan. 2, 2010
KDVR-TV (Denver)
Nikko Landeros heading to the Paralympics
The Winter Olympics and Paralympics are right around the corner and there's one local athlete that will prove to the world that disabilities don't have to hold you back.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, Paralympics, physical disability, profile, recreation

Dec. 22, 2009
Denver Post
Meyer: Injuries don't slow military veteran Henry
With the aid of a "slider," which looks like a walker with skis, Henry was one of seven wounded warriors skiing in a women-only instructional retreat for disabled veterans last week at Snowmass. It was organized by Challenge Aspen, an organization which offers recreational, cultural and competitive experiences to individuals faced with cognitive or physical challenges.
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Dec. 13, 2009
Naples (Fla.) Daily News
Freedom Waters sets course for fun at Bayfront Marina
“I’m ready to go!” announced 6-year-old Parker Seward, one of the children who enjoyed a special holiday cruise on Sunday. Thanks to the Freedom Waters Foundation and Freedom Boat Club, he and about a dozen other excited children enjoyed pizza, drawing and a cruise at Bayfront Marina.
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Dec. 12, 2009
Kearney (Neb.) Hub
Their Ability, Their Choice
KEARNEY — For the Kearney Inclusive Recreation Project, it’s all about choice, and abilities instead of disabilities, and thinking outside the box.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, children, recreation

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