The slopes of the Winter Sports Clinic help Veterans with disabilities remember that pushing boundaries—and not their limitations—is what defines them.
Nearly 400 Veterans from across the country have gathered in Snowmass Village for the 39th Annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. This premier adaptive rehabilitation event, co-presented by VA and Disabled American Veterans (DAV), continues through April 5.
Watch this conversation between the Under Secretary for Health and participants of the 2024 Winter Sports Clinic.
Winter clinic helped amputee Veteran look forward to more accomplishments and creating a non-profit organization.
Army Veteran John Wade participated in the 38th annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, continuing to live his life to the fullest.
After Addison’s Disease and lumbar spine surgery, nurse Veteran Gayle Smith re-learned how to ski. “You have more courage than you think.”
VA, DAV, co-host National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, a world leader in adaptive winter sports. The clinic showcases the health and rehabilitative benefits adaptive sports provide Veterans.
Colorado VA facility dog brings love and comfort to disabled Veterans at home or on slopes of the Winter Sports Clinic.
Special team of volunteer bootloaders prepare disabled Veterans for a day on the slopes of Winter Sports Clinic.
Researchers performed experimental surgery implanting electrodes into a Veteran with an amputated foot, hoping that they would pick up his brain’s electrical signals.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Edward "Flip" Klein, who served in Afghanistan in 2012.
Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Dave Nichols, a resilient Army Vietnam War Veteran and avid adaptive sports participant.