Adaptive Sports

“He’s been a great addition to the crew because he is such a role model in the wheelchair basketball community. We brought him on to provide great competition, but to also help with the education and links our Veterans need when they go home."

VA program focuses on helping Veterans realize what they can do, instead of what they can’t do,

Celebrated songwriters Bob Regan and Regie Hamm, as well as Bo Cox, the voluntary service specialist at the Chattanooga VA Outpatient Clinic of the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, will be singing the theme song at the Parade of Athletes.

The Games provide a tremendous opportunity for Veterans with different levels of skills and abilities to compete against each other in a variety of competitive athletic events.

The Wheelchair Games are an annual event co-hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Favre was a special guest speaker at the opening ceremonies before an exhibition basketball game between paralyzed Veterans and celebrity players.

Army Veteran Jimmy Green has been competing in the wheelchair games for 22 years and has won 67 medals. He enjoys seeing new Veterans participate because he knows how much it will mean to their lives

The National Veterans Wheelchair Games is co-presented by VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA).  The games serve Veterans with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, amputations and other central neurological impairments with the goal to increase their independence, healthy activity and quality of life through wheelchair sports and recreation.

Dan Cnossen talked about everything from his time in the Navy to accepting that his injury meant leaving the service to becoming a gold medalist.

"Don't give up!"  That's what Army Veteran Ardrena Bailey says about dealing with setbacks. 

Not even the rumble of the F train can drown out the sounds of shuffling shoes, jump ropes and the rhythm of gloved hands striking heavy bags at Gleason’s Gym – America’s oldest active boxing gym

The National Veterans Golden Age Games is the premier senior adaptive rehabilitation program in the United States.