First posted by afrogirlfitness | Oct 12, 2017 | Life & Inspiration | 0 Femita had an accident at age 11 which resulted in part of her right leg being amputated. Her altered body caused her to develop a negative body image for much of her childhood but she didn’t internalize […]
Joe Walsh
Adaptive Sports New England is excited to announce that five current and former Para swimmers, all of them Paralympians, will serve as the coaching staff for the Northeast Para Swimming Development Clinic at UMass/Amherst November 17-19, 2017. Michael Prout, Jr. (Boston, MA) Ann Johannes (Boston, MA) Daniel Kamber (Birmingham, AL) […]
Five Paralympian coaches named for Northeast Para Swimming Development Clinic
Team Wind Whisperers, a group comprised of Community Boating, Inc (CBI) members, came in 1st Place at the Blind World Sailing Championships held in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The 5 day regatta featured teams from all over the world: Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, Canada, and the USA. Congrats to Duane […]
Boston Sailors Win World Blind Sailing Championships
Sundays, 12:30-2:00 PM beginning September 30 Keohane Sports Center – Wellesley College The Paralympic Sport Club Boston Swim Team is a competition-focused and fitness-focused program for youth and young adults who: Have a physical impairment or visual impairment (based on World Para Swimming criteria) Can participate in group training and […]
Paralympic Sport Club Boston Swim Team
Please join us at the Fall 2017 Paralympic Sport Community Day hosted by Adaptive Sports New England in cooperation with Tufts Rowing Teams, Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers, Community Rowing, Northeast Passage, South Coast Wheelchair Tennis Foundation and many others. Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Tufts University – Tisch […]
PARALYMPIC SPORT COMMUNITY DAY
This blog post was adopted from http://rudermanfoundation.org/there-was-nothing-to-see-what-inclusion-looks-like/ There Was Nothing to See—What Inclusion Looks Like by Dr. Miriam Heyman, a Program Officer at the Ruderman Family Foundation We talk a lot about how much work still needs to be done before we become a truly inclusive society. And we […]
There Was Nothing to See—What Inclusion Looks Like
Katrina Gerhard Katrina started out racing in her every day chair, pioneering the inclusion of wheelchair racing in Massachusetts high school track and field (MIAA). Now, she is a member of the wheelchair racing team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 1. Can you give us a little background about […]
Q&A with Katrina Gerhard
TENTATIVE AS OF 9/15/18 – SUBJECT TO CHANGE Friday – November 16, 2018 3:00-3:30 pm – Arrival and Check-in at Boyden Pool 3:30-5:30 pm – Pool Session #1 6:00 pm – Dinner at UMass Hampshire Commons Saturday – November 17, 2018 9:30-9:45am; Arrival at Boyden Pool 10:00am-12:00pm: Pool Session #2 […]
