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Alabama Adapted Athletics Video Series- Student-Athlete Spotlight: Sarah Maynard

Apr 18, 2017 11:54:49 AM / by Işıl Tanyeri posted in adaptive sports, wheelchair basketball, alabama adapted athletics

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Thank you Sarah for answering our questions and sharing your experience at Alabama with us during NWBT2017. 

 

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Alabama Adapted Athletics Video Series- Challenges and Growth Strategy

Apr 18, 2017 11:11:20 AM / by Işıl Tanyeri posted in adaptive sports, wheelchair basketball, alabama adapted athletics

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Alabama Adapted Athletics Video Series- Defining the Mission of the Program

Apr 18, 2017 10:46:08 AM / by Işıl Tanyeri posted in adaptive sports, wheelchair basketball, alabama adapted athletics

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Alabama Adapted Athletics Video Series- Planting the Seeds of Hope at Alabama

Apr 17, 2017 4:58:10 PM / by Işıl Tanyeri

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Many thanks to the Alabama Adapted Athletics Associate Director,

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"Do You Play Bowling, Rodrigo?"

Apr 17, 2017 12:48:38 PM / by Işıl Tanyeri posted in adaptive sports

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On the final day of the National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (NWBT) this year in Louisville, KY, a wheelchair basketball athlete  from the Jr. Houston Hotwheels team pushed his chair from the other end of the Kentucky Expo Center towards court 3, where the ABC Medical team was announcing raffle winners during half time. “Rodrigo Linares is the winner of the bowling ball prize. Rodrigo, please come up here to pick up your certificate from us!” Not knowing whether a bowling ball certificate would be an appropriate prize for the young wheelchair basketball athlete in front of us, we tried to get to know Rodrigo in the next few minutes and his level of interest in bowling. “How old are you Rodrigo?” “11.” “Do you play bowling?” “Yes!” replied Rodrigo. “How often?,“ “All the time with my friends!” Relieved we had randomly selected a junior athlete, who would indeed enjoy the prize, we asked Rodrigo if he owned a bowling ball. “No, I wish!”, "Well, you will soon have your own bowling ball, which is sponsored by our friends at the American Wheelchair Basketball Association. You can take your new ball with you when you go bowling with your friends!” His eyes brightened, “Are you serious?! My own bowling ball? That’s so neat! Thank you!,” said Rodrigo.

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Life on Wheels: Are You Ready?

Apr 13, 2017 4:33:42 PM / by Işıl Tanyeri posted in adaptive sports, college life, vocational rehab

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Originally published in August 2015. 

College is an important step in every student’s life. It’s a big change. A change of place; a change of faces; and a change of the routine. It is the official beginning of adulthood; the first time moving away from home and away from family and friends. It’s the first time we make decisions on our own and take responsibility for our actions.

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Q&A with a Student-Athlete from Edinboro University at NWBT2017

Apr 9, 2017 11:49:20 PM / by Işıl Tanyeri posted in adaptive sports, wheelchair basketball

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Sophomore student-athlete Will Speed tells us why he chose Edinboro University for academics and wheelchair basketball. 

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Adaptive Sports Didn't Change My Life. I don't Know A Life Without It.

Apr 7, 2017 2:48:35 PM / by Amy Saffell posted in adaptive sports

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Many people will tell you that their lives were changed when they discovered adaptive sports. I’m not one of those people, but that’s only because I’m very fortunate to say that I don’t ever remember life without adaptive sports. Growing up with spina bifida in Atlanta, a city that has had numerous adaptive sports opportunities for many years, in a family that values fitness, I pretty much always had adaptive sports options at my fingertips and a family who encouraged me to get involved. Atlanta is the “tennis capitol of the US,” so I learned to play from my parents even before a structured youth wheelchair tennis program started in elementary school, which I continued with through high school. My school system had an adaptive sports competition day, similar to the Paralympics, even in the 80s when I started kindergarten. I horseback rode in elementary and middle school. 

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Q&A with a Future University of Illinois Student at NWBT2017

Apr 7, 2017 2:14:33 PM / by Işıl Tanyeri posted in adaptive sports, wheelchair basketball

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Josh Joines from Atlanta tells us why he chose University of Illinois and answered our questions about why it's important for student-athletes to have opportunities to participate in adaptive sports in college.
 

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You are Invited to Take Our Student-Athlete Survey

Mar 24, 2017 1:45:04 PM / by Işıl Tanyeri posted in adaptive sports

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ABC Medical is conducting an important survey to help us better understand the experiences of our student-athletes with a disability and what they are looking for in a higher education program, so we can create opportunities for them to stay active and encourage adaptive sports participation. Please share the link with your respective student bodies, regardless of their athletic participation at school, to help us collect data to make change. Please follow instructions carefully and answer questions based on your level. 

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