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3X Paralympian Tyler "TC" Carter presents the 2024 Rings of Gold Award to Move United's Jessie Cloy (left) and Susan Rossi

Move United Recognized with USOPC Rings of Gold Award

Move United was given the 2024 Rings of Gold Award by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee during its annual assembly last week in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Rings of Gold award, inaugurated in 1996, annually recognizes an individual and a program dedicated to helping children develop their Olympic or Paralympic dreams and reach […]

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National Ability Center 40 Years

National Ability Center Celebrates 40 Years in Adaptive Sports

The National Ability Center, a nonprofit organization that provides adaptive recreation and outdoor adventures for individuals, families and groups with disabilities, will celebrate its 40th year of service in 2025, announcing a series of events to recognize the anniversary. To date, the Park City, Utah-based NAC has served over 300,000 individuals and families and trained […]

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Adapted Sports Study
Adapted sports resulted in a $143 million impact in 2023, according to a new study. Photo by Jason Gewirtz

Adapted Sports Events had $143 Million Impact in 2023

Adapted sports remain big business — and are growing, according to a new report conducted by All In Sports Consulting. According to the report, the total economic impact of adapted and para sport-related events nationwide totaled $143.9 million in 2023. The latest figures reflect an increase of 3.45 percent over last year’s findings. The findings […]

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Ezra Frech from the U.S. leads the men's 100 m. T63 competition at the 2024 Paralympics on his way to a gold medal in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Adaptive Sports Continues Worldwide Growth

The 2028 Paralympic Summer Games in Los Angeles will be pivotal for the International Paralympic Committee in building awareness of the sports and athletes who compete, said Craig Spence, the IPC’s chief brand and communications officer, at the annual Adapted Sport Leadership & Business Symposium (LABS). Spence, for who Paris was his seventh Paralympic Games, […]

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USA Wheelchair Football League

Las Vegas to Host USA Wheelchair Football League Tournament

Wheelchair football athletes from across the country will compete at a USA Wheelchair Football League tournament hosted by the Las Vegas Parks & Recreation Department on October 19–20 at the Llama Lot in downtown Las Vegas. The event marks the final tournament of the 2024 USAWFL regular season, the fourth competition season for the league. […]

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Richmond Region Tourism and Tempe Tourism to Co-sponsor All in Sport Consulting’s Adapted Sports: Economic Impact Study

Richmond Region Tourism in Virginia and Tempe Tourism in Arizona have announced a co-sponsorship of All in Sport Consulting’s annual Adapted Sports: Economic Impact Study. The study analyzes the economic contributions of adaptive sports events while shedding light on the broader social impact these events have on communities. One of the goals of providing economic […]

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Survey Open for 2024 Adapted Sports Industry Economic Impact Study

All In Sport Consulting, in partnership with Stitch Marketing Research and Huddle Up Group, is conducting the fourth edition of the Adapted Sports Industry Economic Impact Study to capture and project the economic power of the national adapted sports industry. The first study was conducted in 2020 and has since become an economic impact research […]

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Susannah Scaroni: On the Paralympics, Marathons and Improving Adaptive Sports Events

Like many Olympians and Paralympians, Susannah Scaroni has had to overcome her share of challenges. In her case, a car accident at the age of 5 caused her to need a wheelchair for mobility, a journey that led her to adaptive sports. Her initial experience was not positive. But when she discovered a welcoming adaptive […]

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Warrior Games

Colorado Springs, San Antonio to Host Future Warrior Games

The Warrior Games, which features hundreds of wounded, ill and injured military service members and veterans who compete in adaptive sporting events, will return to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2025 and then move to San Antonio, Texas, in 2026 and 2028. The annual Warrior Games was first held in 2010. It includes wheelchair basketball, cycling, […]

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, will host The Hartford Nationals in 2025 and 2026, welcoming the nation's best disabled athletes. Photo courtesy of Move United (Timothy Brown photo)

Grand Rapids to Host The Hartford Nationals in 2025 and 2026

Move United has selected Grand Rapids, Michigan, as the host site for The Hartford Nationals in 2025 and 2026. The 2025 event, scheduled for July 11–17, marks the 68th year of competition for the largest and longest-running national sport championship event for athletes with a physical disability, visual impairment or intellectual disability. It will be […]

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