 USA Powerlifting’s premier Youth Nationals return to Montgomery County this week
...5, with the inspiring EmpowerID division—a dedicated session featuring athletes with intellectual disabilities competing on the national stage. An event celebrating strength and resilience, the EmpowerID division offers a platform for lifters with intellectual disabilities to compete at the highest level. Meanwhile, Youth Nationals celebrates the future of powerlifting, ...
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 How technology is revolutionizing adaptive sports
...etics and orthotics to advances in wheelchair technology, and they are providing more athletes with disabilities pathways into sports. Unfortunately, the price tag makes these accessible sports advancements less...programming, as well as a custom kayak and paddleboard for summer programming, for individuals with disabilities. Adaptive kayaks Achieve Tahoe, a Move United member ...
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 Three-time Paralympian KJ Polish returns to Foley
...s and asked if there was any way he could get back into it. Tyrell told him that he and the ASA staff would do everything in their power to help him. “ASA has gone above and beyond for people with disabilities,” says Polish. “Josh Grine, the new owner of ASA, has been life-changing in what he’s done for the community and people like me. I can go to an ASA tournament and have no ...
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 Move United releases Sanctioned Competitions schedule for 2025
...w with a 25 percent increase in the number of sanctioned events year on year,” says Move United CEO Glenn Merry. “At the same time, there has been a 47 percent annual increase of individuals with disabilities at these competitions. Move United is excited to push what’s possible to grow this important area of the athlete’s experience.”...
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 U.S. Paralympians and Wounded Warriors join The Hartford Ski Spectacular this year
...e longest-running winter sports festivals for people with physical disabilities. Held at Breckenridge Ski Resort and Beaver Run Resort, attendees...s, The Hartford Ski Spectacular has provided youth and adults with disabilities the opportunity to feel the exhilaration of outdoor snow sports,...own barriers to participation, enabling more youth and adults with disabilities to experience the ...
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 Move United recognized with USOPC Rings of Gold Award
...KVILLE, Md.—Move United, an organization for community-based sports and recreation for those with disabilities, was awarded the 2024 Rings of Gold Award by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, presented i...d for driving growth, impact, and the reach that these sanctioned competitions have for people with disabilities in this country,” Move United executive director Glenn Merry ...
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 Sandhills Global Youth Complex appoints Tom Lemke as director of operations & HR
...ams; provide local youth baseball and softball instruction and programming; and will be home to Homer’s Heroes, a division of Lincoln Youth Baseball for boys and girls with physical or intellectual disabilities. The complex is made possible through a public/private effort that includes the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County, West Haymarket JPA, and a number of private sector funders. The ...
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 Grand Rapids, Michi., to host 2025-26 Hartford Nationals
...creation for individuals with disabilities, has selected Grand Rapids, M...nt for athletes with physical disabilities, visual impairment, or intellectual disabilities. The 2025 event, scheduled f...at fully includes people with disabilities in American society, using sp...ity for youth and adults with disabilities,” says Move United executiv...proximately 400 athletes with disabilities ...
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 Shooting sports aim high as participation grows
...rmers in shooting sports. Each member of the team takes a turn at the shooting stand. Secondly, shooting sports present a level playing field. Boys and girls compete together. Students with physical disabilities can not only take part, but can be as competitive as any team member. It’s a sport in which students who may not consider themselves traditional athletes can compete—and win. ...
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 Taking it higher and higher: Adrenaline-fueled competition in sports climbing
... collegiate, for athletes in undergraduate or graduate school; elite, its highest level of participation before joining the U.S. team; and paraclimbing, which provides opportunities for athletes with disabilities. “The growth of our climbing community comes through these four different series,” explains John Muse, vice president of sport for USA Climbing. “This pipeline is how we ...
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