Media portrayals of disabled athletes that emphasize hardships overcome rather than achievements evoke pity and decrease perceived competency, contributing to a sense of "otherness" by reinforcing ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- Organizations supporting people with disabilities came together in Anaheim to play ball on a specially built turf field. The name of the game is to form the first wheelchair ...

Gisele Zavala, an eighth-grader from Snellville, Ga., says that wheelchair sports changed her life. Zavala has spina bifida, a neural tube defect; the mean kids at school called her a cripple. Before ...

The Shorewood Kiwanis Club is making it more accessible for disabled young athletes to participate in para-sports — wheelchair basketball in particular. The club responded to a request for a donation ...

People generally are inspired by those older than themselves. Not so with Nick LaVere, whose younger brother was the inspiration behind the National Ability Basketball League. Established in 2023 by ...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- BORP is a nonprofit organization that provides adaptive sports and recreation for people with physical disabilities. Their mission is to lower the barriers that often prevent ...

Oscar Pistorius made history this year by becoming the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics. But while the 25-year-old South African, sometimes called the Blade Runner for the carbon-fiber ...

Special Olympics Kansas presents opportunities for disabled athletes to show their skills! And igniting the season of success ...

A first-of-its-kind network of biking trails in Maryland provides a new way to experience the outdoors for disabled athletes. There's something to be said about the healing quality of Mother Nature — ...