Now there is a catalog in which riders with physical
disabilities can find specialty items not found in tack shops
or regular horse supply catalogs. Freedom Rider carries
products which have an emphasis on ease of use for people with
many different types of disabilities. Dedicated to enabling people
to do more with horses, Freedom Rider is the only catalog devoted
specifically to the challenged equestrian.
Nancy Clark, RD, is an internationally known
sports nutritionist and nutrition author. She has been the Department
Editor of Sport Nutrition in PALAESTRA for almost fourteen
years. A registered dietitian (RD), Nancy specializes in nutrition
for exercise and wellness, and the nutritional management of eating
disorders. She is Director of Nutrition Services at SportsMedicine
Brookline, one of the largest athletic injury clinics in the Boston
Area. There, she offers nutrition consultations to both casual
exercisers and competitive athletes
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- The first parenting community on the web. Operated
by two stay at home parents who believe parents are the best
resource for other parents. ParentsPlace.com is the personal,
most responsive, one-stop resource for parenting literature,
advice columns, chat, and bulletin boards.
The Ataxia Telangiectasia Children's Project (A-T
Children's Project) was founded in late 1993 as a private,
tax -exempt, non-profit organization to raise funds to accelerate
first-rate scientific research aimed at finding a cure or a therapy
that would improve the lives of all children with Ataxia Telangiectasia.
Visit their web site to find out more about this disease that
affects a variety of body systems in children who appear healthy
at birth, but develop symptoms such as lack of balance and slurred
speech around the second year of life.
Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is a private,
not-for-profit hospital specializing in the care of people with
spinal cord injury and disease, acquired brain injury, multiple
sclerosis, and other neuromuscular disorders, and urological problems.
The Center houses the largest spinal cord injury program in the
country and an official Multiple Sclerosis Center. Many varied
therapeutic recreation programs are offered. Shepherd Center
also sponsors the Wheelchair Division of the annual Peachtree
Road Race on July 4th.
Cyber Rodeo is a site for people with differing
abilities. It contains information on therapeutic horseback riding.
Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this site boasts a large collection
of links (western and otherwise). Their motto - Where the West
meets the Web!
"Yes! Magazine is dedicated to awakening
the realization in all of us that the only thing holding us back
from achieving our incredible and unlimited potential is ourselves."
This is the Yes! Magazine philosophy. Published in the
United Kingdom, this magazine's web site provides useful links,
previews of magazine content, and news features both in the UK
and abroad. It is a "disabilities, positive thinking, magazine."
At Your Own Speed, The Internet Radio Program for
the Physically Challenged, features a new pre-recorded interview
with professionals and persons interested in the area of disability,
health and wellness, and adapted physical activity every Tuesday
evening. Interviews are archived so that previous shows may be
heard at any time. Dr. Koffman has been the host of "Let's
Talk Health," a weekly radio talk show heard across New England
since 1987.
The central message of the BlazeNet Program
is the enhancement of health and fitness of young people with
physical disabilities. The primary vehicle for realizing such
benefits is participation in organized sports. Emphasis will be
placed on developing sports that are on the program of the summer
Paralympic Games, with priority given to those that enhance physical
fitness and which are widely practiced in the U.S. by persons
with and without physical disabilities. Examples of targeted sports
are track and field, swimming, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair
rugby, and volleyball.
Parenting Special Needs is a site devoted to
support, education, and the empowerment of parenting very special
children. Parenting Special Needs is designed to offer information
via Net libraries, along with feature articles to educate and
support. Lastly, the Parenting Special Needs Forum is a
bulletin board system designed to offer more personal information
and support.
Lizzie, the frill-necked lizard, was the official
mascot of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. She was chosen
to carry the Paralympic messages of performance, power, and pride
to both Australian and international audiences. Her strength,
determined will, and attitude symbolize those of all Paralympians.
Lizzie's frill is shaped as the map of Australia with its green
and gold colors, while her body is the ocher color of the land.
In October, 2000, the world joined Australia in celebrating the
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. On October 18, 2000, just
over two weeks after the Olympic Games, the Paralympic cauldron
was lit to mark the opening of the XI Paralympiad. Sydney Olympic
Park, Homebush Bay, hosted 14 of the 18 Paralympic sports, plus
the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Click on Lizzie (above) to
visit the Games' web site.
The purpose of Walking on Air is to provide
a flying and pilot training facility for wheelchair users, including
the opportunity to achieve full solo-flight standards or above.
Many people who use wheelchairs can drive a car safely with hand
controls. The same principle can be applied to aircraft - the
rudder, normally operated by foot-pedals, can be converted to
hand controls. This allows a person with a reasonable degree of
hand coordination, but no leg movement, to control the aircraft
in exactly the same manner as a non-disabled pilot. Walking
on Air is based at Portmoak Airfield, Kinross, Scotland.
The world's most inclusive sport! Anyone can play!
Wheelchair football is an extremely fun and adaptable sport.
For more information about this exciting sport and the Annual
Blister Bowl held in Santa Barbara, California, visit this web
site by clicking on the above logo.
MassBowling™ (formerly called Team Bowling)
is played on a basketball court and is suitable for large
groups of people. What makes this game unique is that people of
vastly differing abilities can play together safely. There have
been a lot of changes since the game was invented in 1978, but
it remains a game that anyone who can roll a ball will enjoy.
Visit this web site for further details and read the article,
TEAM BOWLING - A Great Game for Inclusion, in the
Spring '00 issue (Vol. 16, No. 2) of PALAESTRA.
Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
gives information relating to the needs of children with disABILITIES.
IRSC's goals include providing valuable information for parents,
family members, caregivers, friends, educators, and others who
interact with children who have disABILITIES; improving the environment
of these children; creating positive changes and enhancing public
awareness and knowledge; and acting as a central starting point
for information and resources. Visit their website by clicking
on their logo above.
The International Swimming Hall of Fame honors
outstanding athletes and contributors in swimming, diving, water
polo, synchronized swimming, open water swimming, masters swimming,
and water safety. The Henning Library maintains the documentary
history of aquatic sports to educate and inspire. As a supporter
of adapted aquatic programs, the Library houses a special archive
for Disability Sports Organizations. Visit their website by clicking
on their logo.
Able Sail Ontario, an Ontario Sailing Association
virtual organization, serves the information needs of sailors
with disabilities, providing links to programs in Ontario and
resources world-wide, connecting real sailors to real sailing.
Visit their website by clicking on their logo above for further
information.
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