Adaptive Sports

By Trevair Trevor Snowdin, Trevair Vision Games Get ready for the ultimate video game experience with Trevair Vision Games’ latest release and the extended version of the Trevair Pro Wheelchair Stunt game, the W.C.S.X. Wheelchair Super X! Real-life Sport Wheelchair Super X Has Gone Virtual Designed specifically for adaptive skatepark riders, this exciting video game…

By Dave Stevens, Dave Stevens Speaks and Prostanz Ability Camp It’s Ironic that after a 40 year plus career in broadcasting and sports… I get to return home to Arizona to help support the Abilities Expo. I grew up in an era that didn’t support the disabled community and I had to use what little…

By Torsten Gross, Just Hands Racing Foundation For those of us who are in wheelchairs, finding a sport in which we can compete against able-bodied people is almost impossible. Thus, when I became a C6 quadriplegic in 1994, my life as a quintessential American male, obsessed with lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and anything else competitive, became limited…

By Shuan Butcher, Move United Kari Miller-Ortiz always knew she wanted to serve. “Growing up, my aunt was in the military and she was a woman I looked up to. So, that is what I wanted to be.” She was also raised by a single mom and was looking for a way to pay for college,…

Brent Poppen always aspired to be a “dirtbag.” Growing up in Long Beach, he wanted to play baseball at Long Beach State, whose team nickname was the Dirt Bags. He had a real passion for baseball, but really all sports. “I wanted to be outdoors and was active,” Poppen said. At a very young age,…

By Scott Nunez, Toyota Mobility A proud partner of Team USA Paralympic Athletes, Toyota Mobility is thrilled to host Steve Serio in our Abilities Expo Dallas booth from 1-4 pm on Friday, December 3rd! Come and meet the man who led the US basketball team to win back-to-back Paralympic gold medals. Steve Serio’s Climb to Paralympic Glory At…

By Kristen Van Aken As the 2021 Paralympics comes to a close, millions of people around the world have enjoyed watching their country’s athletes participate in their favorite sports and bring home an array of well-deserved medals. With viewers able to watch 23 sports across the Paralympics, the games have showcased sports ranging from wheelchair…

By Leslie Krongold, Glass Half Full podcast Iwas thrilled to have the opportunity to present, “A Journey with Movement & Exercise,” at the recent Virtual Abilities Expo. It was well received, and a lot of people wanted to learn more about online exercise opportunities. That enthusiasm was the catalyst for the creation of the May Movement Challenge.…

Meet Gianna Rojas of Oak Ridge, New Jersey, known globally as the “One Handed Lady Golfer.”  Yes, you read that right, Gianna was born with no fingers on her left hand, although you would never know it after 30 seconds of meeting her. But there is much more than meets the eye. Ten years ago,…

By Jonathan Collins I am Jonathan Collins and this is my story of how the empowering sport of wheelchair fencing changed my life, my health and helped me lunge out of my comfort zone. I am 31 years old. I was born with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, I am wheelchair dependent and I have had…

By David Davis, author of Wheels of Courage Thirty years ago, on July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) on the South Lawn of the White House. The landmark legislation prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability in every aspect of society: employment, housing, transportation, and telecommunications. “America welcomes…

Adaptive athletes worldwide could not be more excited about the Para Spartan, a dedicated heat in the Spartan obstacle course racing series. These heats (Elite and Open) allow athletes to compete as individuals or as teams. That’s the great news…now here’s the kicker. Thanks to their partnership with GRIT Freedom Chair, YOU can try your hand at several…