Tag: Athletics
Differently abled, not disabled
Better health, mobility for wheelchair-bound people wheelchair-users through sports
"Differently abled, not disabled" -- this is how Noor Nahian, the founder of Bangladesh Wheelchair Sports...
The Paralyzed World War II Veterans Who Invented Wheelchair Basketball
In the late 1940s, paraplegics popularized the sport—and changed the game for the disability rights movement
On an unremarkable Wednesday evening in the spring of...
The Grandy Man: Quad star Dylan Alcott aims for two Slams at US Open
In singles and doubles, there's no one quite like this 28-year-old from Australia.
The US Open is more than just singles, doubles and juniors. The...
Ten interesting things you may not know about wheelchair basketball
The worldwide popularity of adaptive sports is on the up and we are certainly seeing the positive consequences of major sporting events, such as...
Women’s wheelchair rugby takes over Houston
University of Houston hosts the nation's first Women’s World Wheelchair Rugby Invitational Clinic
As Karah Behrend grabbed the rims of her wheelchair and thrusted her...
This 17-Time Paralympics Champ Is Beyond Inspiring
One quick look is all it takes to know with 100 percent certainty that Tatyana McFadden is really, really strong. Her arms are rippling...
LIVING THE DREAM How I became a wheelchair tennis star after I was paralysed...
LAUREN Jones, 23, is a wheelchair tennis player from Worthing.
Lauren, who was number 25 in the world, tells how she made her sport dreams...
Beau Vernon became a quadriplegic at 23. He has since coached two country teams...
As Beau Vernon scooped up the football one Saturday afternoon at Leongatha seven years ago, he was collected in the head by a Wonthaggi...
Art as an outlet: Montag, who has been a quadriplegic for 40 years, is...
Jeff Montag’s fingers can’t hold a paintbrush, but that doesn’t stop him from painting portraits, flowers, flamenco dancers, ornery bulls, airplanes, Sioux warriors and...
UH Study: Wheelchair Rugby Lowers Depression and Stress in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
https://youtu.be/5SNPjLBuQuI
Wheelchair rugby is a high-octane team contact sport changing the lives and mental health of the spinal cord injury patients who play it. A...