Disabilities News and InfoWelcome to Disaboom! Disaboom.com is a dynamic, interactive online community for people with disabilities and those whose lives they touch. It combines disability-related health and lifestyles information with an engaging, member-driven community of personal profiles, blogs, forums and shared-interest groups, tailored to your needs. Providing a place for you to learn about – or talk about – your spinal cord injury, back or neck pain, diabetes, cerebral palsy, depression, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, amputation, or other condition, Disaboom is working hard to help you connect at your point of need, interest, or engagement. Adaptive Sports Center Launches New Winter Camps by Erin English, Adaptive Sports Center Crested Butte, Colorado-based Adaptive Sports Center (ASC), a nationally-recognized nonprofit that provides life-enhancing outdoor adventure activities to people with disabilities, is launching several cool new programs this season. From Nordic to Alpine, ‘Boarding to Ski Biking, Snowshoeing to….?
For 2008-09, ASC is offering its ever-popular slate of winter programming -- including alpine skiing, snowboarding and ski biking, Nordic skiing, snowshoeing -- along with winter excursions (ice-climbing, hut trips and backcountry skiing to name a few), and a handful of specialized winter camps. Individuals of all ages with physical and cognitive-related disabilities, as well as families and groups, are invited to participate in ASC’s programming. |
