ur society has an underlying value structure that makes us think of disability in terms of “tragedy,” having an “impaired body” or being “abnormal.” Many things that make a person “disabled” have to do with not having access to his or her environment. (...)
Young athletes with disabilities are skiing, proving they’re no different than other kids. “This is a group that doesn’t, a lot of the time, have the opportunity to get that wind in their face kind of experience, and skiing is able to do that,” (...)
Elizabeth Roth climbed a rock wall on Saturday for the first time in a decade. She experienced a traumatic brain injury nine-and-a-half years ago and now lives with apraxia, a neurological condition. In short, although she wants to move, her (...)
The crisis at football’s world governing body FIFA reached new levels last year. In May 2015, seven FIFA officials were arrested and later charged along with two others by US authorities over allegations of racketeering, wire fraud and (...)
Three British men including two former soldiers have been badly injured in a crash in South America as they were taking part in what is billed as the world’s toughest rally. A spokesman for the Race2Recovery team said a support vehicle the three (...)
Year Eight students at Linton Village College tried wheelchair basketball on a day dedicated to raising awareness of disability sport. The day was organised by former LVC students Rebecca Free, Jake Ellis and Murray Barker, with fellow students (...)
FIFA has approved the list of Venue Specific Training Sites for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia submitted by the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee, Fifa.com has reported. The list includes 36 VSTSs in 11 Host Cities, three for each one of (...)
National non-profit World T.E.A.M. Sports’ April 22-24 Face of America bicycle and hand cycle ride to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania will see a record 160 military veteran and civilian athletes with disabilities from across North America, Puerto Rico, (...)
Past winners include Cramlington Paralympian Stephen Miller, who was chosen to receive an MBE from the Queen in the New Year Honours. Miller is also an ambassador for Northumberland Sport and is once again supporting the awards through his (...)
Vermont Business Magazine January is national Learn to Ski and Snowboard (link is external) month and there are many opportunities for people to learn new snowsports at a discount, or even free. Vermont, being home to several adaptive sport (...)
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