Posts filed under: Paralympics

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.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, Paralympics, recreation

Aug. 26, 2010
Nutley (N.J.) Sun
Riccardi's ability outweighs disability
Louis Riccardi of Nutley does not view his wheelchair as a disability.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, Paralympics, physical disability, recreation

Aug. 9, 2010
WWLP-TV (Springfield, Mass.)
Athletes excel despite disabilities
There was one enthronement week event at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Monday that touched the hearts of onlookers.
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March 15, 2010
Summit Daily News (Frisco, Colo.)
Disability 101: Paralympic Call for Equality
Yeehaw!!! The 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games are at last being televised in the U.S.! Well, sort of. It's not ideal coverage, but it's a lot more than we have ever had before, so we are making progress.
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Filed Under: adaptive sports, disability awareness, Paralympics, recreation, Special Olympics

Feb. 28, 2010
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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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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Nov. 21, 2009
USA Today
Learning disability athletes return to Paralympics
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Athletes with learning disabilities will be allowed to compete in the Paralympics again at London in 2012.
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Filed Under: intellectual disability, Paralympics, recreation

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