Valley Adaptive Sports
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Organization Location
Teton Valley, Idaho
Description
About VAS
Valley Adaptive Sports (VAS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which strives to support and create outdoor sports opportunities for people with disabilities in Teton Valley, Idaho and surrounding areas.
A sister program to Teton Adaptive Sports (TAS), the non profit is run by Nate Carey, longtime adaptive ski and bike instructor. VAS raises funds to purchase adaptive equipment like sit skis, hockey sleds and mountain bikes; provide scholarships for local adaptive athletes to ski, fish and climb for people with disabilities in Teton Valley, Idaho.
Our Mission:
To support and develop recreation opportunities for people with disabilities in Teton Valley, Idaho.
Our Vision:
Valley Adaptive Sports is a 501(c)3, non-profit, based in Teton County, ID supporting adaptive sports by providing equipment, scholarships, partner training and direct programming for athletes with disabilities.
Our Impact:
What are Adaptive Sports?
Adaptive sports are competitive or recreational sports for people with disabilities. Adaptive sports often run parallel to typical sport activities. However, they allow modifications necessary for people with disabilities to participate and many sports use a classification system that puts athletes with physical challenges on an even playing field with each other.
Some examples of adaptive sports that VAS supports are mountain biking, road cycling, alpine skiing and snowboarding, sled hockey and adaptive skating, nordic skiing, fishing, paddling indoor rock climbing and more.
Who Does Adaptive Sports?
People with cognitive, developmental and physical disabilities participate in or ‘do’ adaptive sports. Clinical diagnoses of cognitive disabilities include autism, Down Syndrome, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and even dementia. Less severe cognitive conditions include attention deficit disorder (ADD) and learning disabilities in general. Developmental disability is a severe, long term disability that can affect cognitive ability, physical functioning, or both. Some examples of physical disability include: Cerebral palsy, Spinal cord injury, Amputation, Multiple sclerosis, Spina bifida, Muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s Disease and others.
Contact
Contact email - [email protected]
Contact form - https://valleyadaptivesports.org/contact-us/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/valleyadaptivesportsvas/