Tag: Wheelchair Rugby
How wheelchair rugby ‘changed everything’ for one athlete
Carl Williams maneuvers across the court with the practiced precision of an athlete. He simultaneously searches the crowd, calculating which team member can catch...
Meet The Librarian Who Became Australia’s First Female Wheelchair Rugby Star
“It’s different being on court, smashing each other, and then going off to the library and telling people to keep it down.”
Librarian...
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...
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...
Paralyzed Veterans of America highlights the UnstoppABLE spirit of veterans in new public service...
Campaign aims to inspire all those living with a disability to be UnstoppABLE in their everyday lives
WASHINGTON (October 22, 2018) — UnstoppABLE is a...
Para-football gave Colin Shields ‘something to work towards and enjoy’
Colin Shields is on the brink of representing his country at a sport he loves, something that would have been inconceivable seven years ago...
Students design functional fashion for wheelchair athletes
WashU students design prototype garments for athletes with disabilities
https://youtu.be/KnuMMd9YKF8
Rugby is hard-hitting, fast-moving and adrenaline-fueled. But for elite Paralympic wheelchair athletes, the sport also can...
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...
New beginning with wheelchair rugby
Nikhil Kumar Guptaa uses wheelchair rugby as a therapeutic tool and provides a transitional living program to quadriplegic patients
It is believed that to achieve...
Quadriplegic fighters will face off in Lacey to raise money for Mount Adams climb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0noy2_tkyTI
In a garage on Olympia’s west side, two fighters sit side by side in powered wheelchairs, then let the punches fly.
Simon Calcavecchia takes a...
