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Visually Adaptive Sports

Visually adaptive sports are sports that contain modifications that allow athletes with visual impairments to play and compete. Visually adaptive sports feature specific additions and rules that make it possible for players of all abilities to enjoy the sport. Have something to add? It looks like we’re running low on content for these sports. Help […]

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Competition, Camaraderie, Therapy: Warrior Classic a Positive Experience for Players

Sometimes, it is about so much more than just hockey, although the game is enough of an incentive by itself. It is the 2018 USA Hockey Warrior Classic, presented by Terry Fator, which took place at City National Arena in Las Vegas this past weekend. Held for the third time since making its debut in 2016-17, the […]

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How to Coach Differing Personality Types

Avoid mismatches between coaching style and player personality

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Finding Freedom: The Story of Paralympic Swimmer, McClain Hermes

After researching swim techniques for vision impaired athletes, Hermes discovered para-swimming, an adaptation of the sport for athletes with disabilities. McClain Hermes’ highlighter-yellow shoes carried her across the blue pool deck as her name flashed on the screen behind her. She walked steadily to the blocks, one hand gripped lightly to her cane and the […]

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Pursuit of a Paralympic Dream

Throughout the years I’ve continued to swim with my team, training six days a week, at the same level of training as the rest of my teammates, none of which have a disability. I was born on May 10, 1998, in Madrid, Spain, even though I have dual U.S. and Spanish citizenship. I was diagnosed […]

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Blind Skaters Share a Goal: Let’s Play Hockey

Nicholas Boisvert steps out onto the ice confidently. His skate blades cut into the ice, holding their edge as he accelerates through a turn and speeds up the rink. He didn’t expect to do this again. “I lost my sight in 2012, so it’s been a few years,” he said. Boisvert, 35, grew up playing […]

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High School Runner Forgets About Winning to Stop, Help Legally Blind Runner Who Fell

Cazenovia High School sophomore Jake Tobin had about 200 meters left to go in the boys’ junior varsity race during Saturday’s Auburn invitational when another runner passed him. The other runner – Luke Fortner, a Fairport High School senior who is legally blind – passed Tobin as they were running up the final steep hill […]

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November 14, 2022

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December 9, 2021

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History of the Paralympic Movement

November 8, 2021

Learn about the founding of the Paralympics, and how the Games have evolved over the years.

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