Joe Walsh

Looking at Jordan, you wouldn’t think she would be able to throw such a heavy basketball with such small hands. Sure enough, Jordan aimed her basketball at the hoop and threw the ball high, laughing and smiling from her wheelchair. Jordan was having a blast playing basketball, but was also […]

Intro to Paralympics: it’s all about inclusion!

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On November 2nd and 3rd, four wheelchair basketball events took place in the Greater Boston area. Within 24 hours, any person of any age or gender could participate in one of these games. These events were hosted by Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers at the South Shore YMCA Quincy, the New […]

Rolling to the Hoop all across Boston

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When Adaptive Sports New England president Joe Walsh decided to start the Paralympic Sport Club Boston swimming program last year, Paralympic gold medalist Michael Prout was the first coach on board. Michael started swimming when he was six, started training for the Paralympics at 16, and went on to compete […]

Paralympic Sport Club Boston Swimming: Swimming for the win

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This past weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to support the Babcock Bunch at The Carroll Center for the Blind’s 4th Annual Canine Walk and Family Fair. The team was led by my personal inspiration, Madeleine Babcock, who was born with glaucoma and aniridia. Both of these conditions left her […]

Community Support for Adaptive Athletes

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When opportunity comes knocking at your door, nothing can get in your way if you put your all into it. In the case of Chelsea McClammer, the opportunity to play tennis was given to her at age six after she was in a car accident. The help of a local […]

#RoadtoRio: Chelsea McClammer

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A big part of life is overcoming the obstacles that are bound to come our way, and Erich Manser has done so in a significant way, but not without struggle. Manser describes himself as a visually impaired marathon runner and triathlete who has had to make some slight adaptations to […]

Erich Manser: How Running Changed Me

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