The mission of Makapo is to help people with disabilities live active lives through inclusive outrigger paddling programs. Finishing last in a race can sometimes lead to an experience more […]
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Helminski uses her blindness as an opportunity to make an impact on the world through racewalkingand the arts. It’s not a stretch to say that racewalking saved Shirley Helminski’s life.In
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The mission of DSES is to provide full access to outdoor activities for people of all ages with many types of physical and intellectual disabilities. The Eastern Sierra is known
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How a college professor inspired this deaf-blind woman to become a triathlete. While earning her master’s degree in counseling at the University of South Florida, Rachel Weeks was sitting in
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Surfing and blind hockey has given 17-year-old Drew Basile confidence to do almost anything. As a middle school health and physical education teacher in the Brooklyn, New York area, Lauren
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This privately funded camp provides sports activities for blind and visually impaired children and young adults. When Dr. Lauren Lieberman launched Camp Abilities in 1996 at The College at Brockport
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The 17-year-old triathlete hopes to compete in the Paralympic Games one day. Thanks to a grant from the Foreseeable Future, he’s moving closer to that goal. There are two ways
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A retired Army veteran discovers adaptive sports following unexpected vision loss. Justin Sutton has always lived by a belief that there are no stop signs in life, only speed bumps.
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Mark Davis was a successful financial professional in his 40’s and had been passionate about skiing for almost as long as he could walk. Then came 1999, a year that
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As a tandem cyclist, Paul Shields has raced in all types of conditions and navigated difficult courses, which means he knows a thing or two about dealing with the unexpected.
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