| In years past, a serious physical
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| | change to compete in a variety of sports;
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| disability meant unemployment, isolation,
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| | the list of summer sports includes 21
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| and inactivity for many thousands of
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| | different competitive sports, ranging
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| people.No longer. While the Americans
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| | from archery and cycling to equestrian,
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| with Disabilities Act has opened up the
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| | powerlifting and judo. Five competitions
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| workplace and public facilities to people
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| | designed specifically for
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| with disabilities, many organizations
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| | wheelchair-bound athletes include
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| around the country have sprung up,
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| | basketball, dancing, fencing, rugby, and
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| offering access to sports programs both
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| | tennis. The list of winter sports is
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| for wheelchair-bound individuals and
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| | smaller, but no less challenging:
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| amputees with artificial prosthetic
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| | athletes can compete in either Alpine or
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| devices. Disabled people are experiencing
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| | Nordic skiing, ice sledge hockey, and
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| the joy of participating in Alpine and
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| | wheelchair curling.Children with physical
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| cross-country skiing, all kinds of water
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| | disabilities have special challenges;
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| sports from swimming to sailing to scuba
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| | they're dealing with sometimes
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| diving, and even more extreme sports such
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| | substantial limitations at the same time
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| as mountain climbing and sky diving.The
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| | that they are meeting all the other
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| importance of both competitive and
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| | demands of becoming competent, balanced,
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| recreational sports for individuals with
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| | emotionally and mentally healthy human
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| disabilities can't be overestimated.
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| | beings. The National Sports Center for
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| Particularly for formerly able-bodied
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| | the Disabled (NSCD) offers opportunities
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| people who find themselves disabled,
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| | for children to take part in a wide range
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| sports can serve as a tremendous
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| | of sports activities, from skiing, ski
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| motivation in the rehabilitation process
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| | racing, snowboarding and snowshoeing in
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| and can help alleviate the depression,
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| | the winter to rafting, horseback riding,
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| confusion, and loss of self-esteem that
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| | and in-line skating in the summer.The
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| often accompanies a debilitating injury.
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| | Paralympics and NSCD are only two of many
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| For those born with a serious disability,
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| | organizations founded to involve disabled
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| sports can serve as an important way of
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| | individuals in sports. It's evident, from
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| connecting to the "abled"
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| | the success and increasing popularity of
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| world.Competitive sports for the disabled
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| | these organizations, that both adults and
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| are experiencing phenomenal success. The
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| | children with disabilities benefit
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| world-wide organization now known as the
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| | greatly from participating in adaptive
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| Paralympic Games was founded in Rome,
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| | sports activities, and that the benefit
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| Italy, in 1960, inspired by a 1948
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| | extends to all aspects of their
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| competition organized in England for
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| | lives.Aldene Fredenburg is a freelance
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| disabled World War II veterans. According
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| | writer living in southwestern New
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| to the Paralympic Games website,
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| | Hampshire and frequently contributes to
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| participating athletes compete in a
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| | Tips and Topics. She has published
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| variety of sports based on one of six
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| | numerous articles in local and regional
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| disability-based classifications:
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| | publications on a wide range of topics,
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| amputee, cerebral palsy, spinal cord
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| | including business, education, the arts,
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| injuries, visual impairment, intellectual
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| | and local events. Her feature articles
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| disability, and a general group including
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| | include an interview with independent
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| individual disabilities which do not fit
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| | documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and a
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| into one of the other five
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| | feature on prisoners at the New Hampshire
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| categories.Both summer and winter sports
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| | State Prison in Concord.
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| competitions give disabled athletes the
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