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Disability refers to the social effects of physical or mental impairment. This definition, known as the 'social model' of disability, makes a clear distinction between the impairment itself (such as a medical condition that makes a person unable to walk or unable to sit) and the disabling effects of society in relation to that impairment. As Frank Bowe put it in Handicapping America (1978), the real issue is the societal response to disability: if a community allows physical, architectural, transportation, and other barriers to remain in place, society is creating handicaps that oppress individuals with disabilities. If, on the other hand, a community removes those barriers, persons with disabilities can function at much higher levels. In simple terms, it is not the inability to walk or inability to sit that prevents a person entering a building unaided but the existence of stairs or the lack of benches to lie down, that are inaccessible to a wheelchair-user or a person with sitting disability. In other words, 'disability' is socially constructed. The 'social model' is often contrasted with the 'medical model' which sees 'disability' as synonymous with 'impairment.'
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12:44PM Event Cleared: Disabled Vehicle: Westbound On I-64W at MM 274 in Norfolk. 1 lane closed. Delays of 2 miles.
511hamptonroads (511 Hampton Roads) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:44:17 -0000
12:44PM Event Cleared: Disabled Vehicle: Westbound On I-64W at MM 274 in Norfolk. 1 lane closed. Delays of 2 miles.
a disabled passenger on my short bus that was born with brain damage due to her mom drinking alcohol she was describing what her job entails
HOPINGDI (DIANE CHAVEZ) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:43:56 -0000
a disabled passenger on my short bus that was born with brain damage due to her mom drinking alcohol she was describing what her job entails
Robbers tie up and rob disabled woman - Wed, 06 Jan 2010 PST http://bit.ly/4BezxR
Spokesman_Idaho (Spokesman_Idaho) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:43:43 -0000
Robbers tie up and rob disabled woman - Wed, 06 Jan 2010 PST http://bit.ly/4BezxR
New post: Disabled Dating- Giving Many Chance At Love (http://bit.ly/6rTFN4) http://bit.ly/6rTFN4
AirKeen (Larry Keen) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:43:06 -0000
New post: Disabled Dating- Giving Many Chance At Love (http://bit.ly/6rTFN4) http://bit.ly/6rTFN4
Hi everybody! Wow, it's GOOD to be back!! Apparently I had disabled cookies.
Elisheva47 (Libby Pfeifle) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:41:11 -0000
Hi everybody! Wow, it's GOOD to be back!! Apparently I had disabled cookies.
12:39PM Disabled Vehicle: Northbound On US-221N in Bedford Co. 1 lane closed. Potential Delays.
511southwestva (511 Virginia) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:39:29 -0000
12:39PM Disabled Vehicle: Northbound On US-221N in Bedford Co. 1 lane closed. Potential Delays.
AbilityPLUS, Inc. - Offers disabled adaptive skiing and recreation programs for people of all ages throughout the Northeast US. Includes events calendar, skiing programs, news, how to get involved, sponsorships, and contact information.
Meta Description: [ AbilityPLUS Inc. Adaptive Snowsports and Recreation Programs for People of All Abilities in NH, VT & MA ]
Adaptive Ski Program - Offers alpine skiing instruction for adults and children with disabilities. Provides schedule and instructor information, sign up forms, program description, related links, and message board. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Adaptive Sports Association Durango - Offers winter adaptive skiing program including mono-ski, bi-ski, 3 and 4 track, blind, cognitive, and snowboarding. Provides rental and contact information and discounts for independent disabled skiiers not needing instruction. Located in Durango, Colorado.
Meta Description: [ Adaptive Sports Association enhances the self esteem and physical well-being of people with disabilities through participation in sports and outdoor recreational experiences regardless ofindividual financial limitations. ]
Andy Parr - Official site of the 2000 Alpine Champion and a vision impaired member of the US Disabled Ski Team. Includes bio, photos, message from Andy, links, and sponsors.
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Bill Lounsbury Adaptive Ski Program - Based in Ellicottville, New York. Provides information about the program, its staff and lessons, photos, history, equipment and techniques, and related links.
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center - Adaptive skiing and riding experiences at Breckenridge Ski Resort for individuals with disabilities and special needs. Summer adaptive wilderness programs are also available.
British Adaptive Ski Team - Home of the BAST. Contains information for and about the British team including: skier profiles, races, results, training opportunities, news, and links.
Meta Description: [ Adaptive Ski Racing Homepage for the British Team showing opportunities for Disabled persond to represent Great Britain at Ski-Ing at international, Paralympic level ]
Challenge Aspen - Offers a complete adaptive ski program and provides summer, as well as, winter activities. Includes information about the programs, calendar of events, sponsors, volunteers, and contacts. Located in Colorado.
Challenge Mountain - Offers free instruction and use of equipment to skiers with disabilities. Includes contact information, hours of operation, and directions. Located in Boyne City, Michigan.
Challenged Athletes of West Virginia - Information on Snowshoe WV adaptive sports program and Challenged Athletes of WV. Skiing, biking and other outdoor sports for most disabilities.
Colorado Discover Ability - Adaptive sports and adventures, summer and winter programs. Skiing and snowboarding for the disabled. A non-profit organization.
Disability Snowsport UK - With locations in Essex and Glenmore, the club promotes adaptive skiing. Includes history of the club, a list of local groups, news, gallery, schedule, sponsors, how to join, and related links.
Meta Description: [ National charity providing skiing and snowsport for those with disabilities. ]
Disabled Snowsports New Zealand - Provides history, newsletter, information about the team, helpers, and instructors, National Ski Week in New Zealand, and related articles in the news.
Discovery Blind Sports - A skiing program to provide self-sufficiency in blind and visually impaired children and adults through involvement in physical activities in Kirkwood, California.
Meta Description: [ Dedicated to the fostering self-sufficiency in blind and visually impaired children and adults. ]
Extreme Adaptive Sports - Provides stories, rant and rave section, who's who list of mono- and bi-skiers, classifieds, equipment reviews, single skiis for sale for qualified buyers, and EAS's and instructor's tips. Also a resource for handcycles, mono-ski camps, adaptive ski and resort programs, and adaptive sport programs.
Greek Peak Sports for the Disabled - Offers an adaptive ski program at Greek Peak Ski Resort in Virgil, New York. Includes news, information about the program, its history, volunteers, participants, awards, photos, and related links.
Handiconcept - Winter and summer sports activities such as skiing, paragliding, mountain biking, and trekking for physically and mentally handicapped people in a Swiss Alpine resort. In French and English.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Handiconcept for winter and summer disabled sports activities such as disabled skiing, paragliding and mountain biking in the Swiss Alpine resort of Villars Gryon. ]
Maine Handicapped Skiing - Information about the group and its programs, Ski-A-Thon schedules, the Ski-A-Thon team, ways to pledge support, photos, and related links. Headquartered at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry.
New England Handicapped Sports Association - Event and program calendar, news, history, adaptive equipment and techniques, and related links. Supports disabled skiing in New Hampshire.
New England Regional Ski for Light - Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Sponsor physically demanding sports including cross country skiing, hiking, canoeing, and tandem bicycle. Provides guide information, tips for the skiers, news items and archives, volunteer and donation information, related links, and contacts.
Meta Description: [ Visually Impaired Skiers ]
Ontario Track 3 Ski Association - Volunteer, non-profit Canadian organization that teaches children and youth with disabilities to down-hill ski. Provides association history, news, events, list of clubs that host the programs, photos, and schedule.
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Optical Illusions - Provides history of the Michigan blind skiers club, scheduled meetings and events, and contact information.
Scotland's Alternative Skiers - Offers skiing opportunities to all abilities and runs year round training groups around Scotland on artificial slopes. Provides information about the group, schedule of events, FAQs, sponsors, how to join, and an archive section.
Meta Description: [ Scotlald's Alternative Skiers offers skiing opportunities to all abilities. It is an integrated club whose members include amputees, the paralysed, blind, etc. There are no limits to hitting the slopes! We also run year round training groups around Scotland on artificial slopes. ]
SitSki Gruppen Totalskidskolan - Offers an adaptive ski program in Åre, Sweden. Provides adult program details, kids camp, and information about mono-ski, skicart, and standing. Also offers an annual heliski outing for advanced skiers.
Ski for Light Canada - Offers cross country skiing experiences for the blind and visually impaired. Provides history, details of the annual event, newsletter, medals, and rules and commands for guiding a blind skiier.
Meta Description: [ Ski for Light Canada, Recreation, Cross Country Skiing for the blind and visually impaired ]
Ski for Light, Inc. - A cross-country skiing program for blind, visually impaired, and mobility impaired adults that is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Provides program history, photos, information for participants, instructors, and guides, related links and clubs, events and rally results, and bulletins.
Meta Description: [ Ski for Light is a
cross-country skiing program for blind, visually impaired, and
mobility impaired adults. ]
Skibob Association of Great Britain - Promotes adaptive skiing on ski or snow bikes. London club, forum, articles and links.
Meta Description: [ Skibob Association of Great Britain the site for all resources and news for skibiking in the UK ]
Sports Equipment for the Disabled - Freedom Factory builds snow ski equipment such as the RPC mono-ski, the MMTwo twin and the Snow Slider Walker for the disabled.
Meta Description: [ monoski, mono-ski, adaptive, sitski,
wheelchair, handicapped, sit-ski, monoski, mono-ski,handicapped,
wheelchair, adaptive, monoski, mono-ski, sitski,adaptive, handicapped,
monoski, mono-ski, sitski,handicapped, adaptive sports programs,
abilities center, monoski, wheelchair, wheelchair ]
Tahoe Adaptive Ski School - Disabled Sports USA Far West offers adaptive skiing at the Tahoe Adaptive Ski School at Alpine Meadows. Includes hours of operation, rates, and reservation and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Disabled Sports USA Far West leads the way in adaptive sports and recreation for people with disabilities. ]
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The Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Colorado - Offers adaptive skiing and snowboarding. Provides information about types of skiing instruction, rates, dates, and contacts.
Meta Description: [ Adaptive Sports Program - Winter Activities ]
The Double H Hole in the Woods Ranch - Offers an adaptive ski program for children 6-16 years of age with cancer and other blood related disorders. Located in upstate New York's Adirondack Mountains between Lake George and Lake Luzerne on the shores of Lake Vanare. Provides information on the program which is free except for transportation to the ranch.
U.S. Deaf Ski and Snowboard Association - Event and trip calendars, convention news, and contacts for this organization that manages selection for the US Deaf Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing and Snowboarding teams.
Meta Description: [ hosting nationwide and worldwide winter activities provided for the deaf and hard of hearing. ]
US Adaptive Recreation Center - Offers alpine ski and snowboard lessons to children and adults with virtually any disability. Includes contact and date information. Headquartered at Big Bear Mountain Resort in Big Bear Lake, California.
Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports - Provides Learn to Ski and Ski Improvement programs in British Columbia for students of all ages and a variety of disabilities including amputee, cerebral palsy, brain injured, mentally challenged and visually impaired. Includes information about the group, programs offered, resorts used, student enrollment and volunteer information, and event calendar.
Meta Description: [ Ski instruction for disabled persons in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, British Columbia (BC), Canada ]
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports - News, history, events and contacts for this organization dedicated to providing sports opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Activities include skiing, snowboarding, horseback riding, dog and horse carting, water skiing, canoeing, and sailing.
Meta Description: [ VASS provides sports and recreational opportunities to individuals with disabilities/handicaps, regardless of their ability to pay. Formerly Vermont Handicapped Ski & Sports ]
Waterville Valley Ski Resort - Provides information about the adaptive ski program at the resort located in New Hampshire.
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