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A joyful day for children with disabilities and their families. By Tom Scott On Saturday, August 7, United Spinal Association’s 2010 Kids Sports Spectacular at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a place where kids with disabilities had the chance to experience the excitement and camaraderie of adaptive sports, gain greater self-confidence, and realize their future potential. | SPORTS ROUNDUP By Jimmy Cuevas
The United Spinal Navigators adaptive sports team wrapped up their best season in years last week at the 2010 National Junior Disability Championships (NJDC) in Chicago. At NJDC all team members obtained new personal best records and the team netted a total record of 112 medals (86 Gold, 23 Silver, 3 Bronze), set 12 new national records, and placed first on the Medium Team category. What the staycation is to the traveler, these are to the hobbyist: activities that can occupy anyone with a lot of ambition and not so much money. By Clare Willson | SPORTS ROUNDUP By Tom Scott You may be planning to participate in a variety of outdoor activities and recreational sports this summer. But are your body and mind ready? Being in the best physical shape possible will not only help you stay active, but improve your self-esteem and confidence. If you’re in the neighborhood of Scarborough, Maine, in October, this sounds like a fun way way to support organizations in Maine and around the country that match people with service animals: We received notice of a what sounds like a fun physical challenge in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, next month, from Action contributor Craig Kennedy. From HopeFitness of Bellmore, New York, a chance for hams to let their inner pop star shine the first Saturday every month FREE CLINIC for Beginning Adaptive Archers in Northern New Jersey Freedom’s Wings International is a non-profit organization which provides the opportunity for persons with physical disabilities to fly in specially adapted [...] | SPORTS ROUNDUP By Tom Scott Summer is just around the corner. It’s time to awake from the winter slumber for some fun in the sun. Here are a few upcoming events and recreational opportunities that are sure to make the next few months very enjoyable for you as well as your friends and family. Americans Finally Take Gold on the Ice: USA’s Paralympic Sled Hockey Team Does What the Olympians Couldn’t, and Canada is Left to Ponder What Could’ve Been Day 7 (part 1): American Alana Nichols Wins Her Third Paralympic Medal in Today’s Women’s Sitting Super-G, While Japan Dominates Men’s Event Day Six: Team USA Fulfils Their End of the Bargin, but Canada Does Not: U.S. to Face Japan on Saturday for Paralympic Gold Day Five (part 1): USA Curling Wins Another Close One, Improves to 5 and 2 Showdown for a Chance at Gold Canada and Germany dominate Whistler Mountain at the Vancouver [...] The first day of Paralympic competition saw the U.S. and Korea battle against each other in two sports, wheelchair curling and sled hockey, with Team USA getting the best of the Koreans in both [...] Our friends at Wheelchair Sports Federation are blogging from the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver and have graciously permitted us to share their stories and photos with Action readers. For more of their posts and pictures, go to the link above. You can also follow them on Twitter. | SPORTS ROUNDUP Jess Markt (in white) brought his knowledge of wheelchair basketball to Afghanistan. By Tom Scott In late October 2009, Jess Markt, a 33-year-old Oregon native with a T6-7 spinal cord injury arrived at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan’s capital city after an exhausting 30-hour journey from New York. Built in the early 1960s during a period of modernization, the airport was now primarily used by U.S. Armed Forces and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the ongoing War in Afghanistan. Markt’s grogginess melted away as international security forces with their automatic rifles at the ready stared with curiosity [...] | Sports Roundup By Tom Scott U.S. Paralympians share their perspectives on living with disabilities and competing in the 2010 Winter Games |
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