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The Challenged Athletes Foundation Just Gave Out $7 Million in Grants. Here's How Families Can Apply.
...years ago. Many families don't know adaptive sports grants exist. Insurance rarely...CAF's Annual Grant Program funds adaptive sports equipment, prosthetics, training,...cycling, surfing, triathlon, alpine skiing, adaptive climbing, swimming, and...surfing, triathlon, alpine skiing, adaptive climbing, swimming, and sitting volleyball....
Special Needs > Mobility Limitations
Accessing Adaptive Sports Equipment: Grants and Funding Sources for Families
...a sport with their peers. Adaptive sports equipment (racing wheelchairs,...wheelchairs, mono-skis, handcycles, adaptive golf clubs) rarely qualifies...stability, orthotics for alignment. Adaptive sports equipment serves a...to outriggers for downhill skiing. These aren't mobility aids...Studies consistently show that adaptive sports participation improves...
News > Sports
How to Get Your Child Into Adaptive Sports: Programs for the Winter Sports From the 2026 Paralympics
...isn't as large as it looks. Adaptive winter sports programs exist...sport by sport. Para Alpine Skiing and Para Snowboard. US Ski...alpine and snowboard, including adaptive programs. Their website has...and disability type. Most adaptive ski and snowboard instruction...Move United, the national adaptive sports network. Disabled Sports...
News > Sports
How Families Find Para Snowboarding Programs for Children with Disabilities
...snowboarding at 6. Regular skiing's leg-separation requirement...that would. A local adaptive program fitted her...board standing, with adaptive bindings and equipment...stand with support, adaptive snowboarding is often...accessible before adaptive alpine skiing. The...before adaptive alpine skiing. The wider base and...narrower stance that skiing requires. The para...
News > Sports
How Families Find Para Alpine Skiing Programs for Children with Disabilities
At the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina, para alpine skiing...skiing Centre in Cortina, para alpine skiing ran 30 medal events across nine days...that started in a Challenge Alaska adaptive ski lesson. Veronika Aigner won four...disability can enter the sport. Para alpine skiing has three competition tracks: sitting,...
News > Sports
How Families Find Para Biathlon Programs for Athletes with Disabilities
...sport that combines cross-country skiing with precision rifle shooting, won...in rowing, moved to cross-country skiing, and added biathlon to her training...at it. Para biathlon is the hardest adaptive winter sport to start from scratch,...competition categories as para cross-country skiing: sitting (LW10-12), standing (LW2-9),...
Legal > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Join and What to Expect
...Medicaid Waivers Cover. Medicaid waivers pay for services that standard Medicaid doesn't: personal care attendants, respite care, home modifications, adaptive equipment, day programs, and supported employment. These are the services that allow people with disabilities to live at home instead of in institutional...
Legal > Government Benefits
Understanding Representative Payees: Who Manages Your Child's Disability Benefits
...broadly: food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and personal items. You can use benefits for education expenses, therapy not covered by insurance, adaptive equipment, and recreational activities that support your child's development. What you cannot do is use benefits for expenses...
Career > Skills Training
Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking Skills for Workplace Success
Build adaptive problem-solving skills to handle unexpected workplace situations with confidence and competence.
Career > Interviewing
Behavioral Interview Questions and Disability: Reframing Work Experience
...across multiple specialists, advocated for accommodations in an educational setting, led a support group, or solved logistical problems that required adaptive thinking, you have legitimate answers. You just need to know how to frame them. What Behavioral Questions Are Testing. Behavioral interview questions...
Career > Discrimination
Disability Harassment at Work: Recognizing and Reporting Hostile Behavior
...related to disability Blocking or interfering with your use of approved accommodations (hiding assistive equipment, moving mobility aids, unplugging adaptive devices) Making assumptions about your capabilities and reassigning your work without cause What doesn't typically qualify on its own: ...
Career > Accommodations
Screen Reader Software and Assistive Technology Accommodations
...functions. That includes screen readers, screen magnification software, and adaptive hardware. The employer pays. Not you. This isn't a favor you're asking...low vision fall into three categories: screen access, magnification, and adaptive hardware. Screen readers convert on-screen text to synthesized speech...