Paralyzed Veterans of America

Custis was born in Goshen, Indiana, on July 23, 1917. In 1939, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Wabash College in Indiana, before being commissioned ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve. While on inactive duty, he completed his medical degree at Northwestern University in Illinois in 1941.

As we come to the end of another year, many […]

Roy Wilkins was a football and basketball star at his North Carolina high school and competed in the same two sports at Clemson University, a big-time Division I program in South Carolina. Playing defensive back, he contributed to Clemson’s 1981 football team that finished 12-0 and won the national championship. Then, in an instant, Wilkins lost his athletic superiority – or so he thought. Serving as a command sergeant major in the Army's special forces. Wilkins was riding in an armored vehicle that went over a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in November 2004.

The Mets, Nets, Giants, Islanders, and Yankees competed last week at Randall’s Island Park in New York City. The Islanders captured the gold medal, the Nets the silver, and the Yankees the bronze. VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) co-presented the wheelchair games from Aug. 7 to 14.

Nearly 3,000 Americans perished on Sept. 11, 2001, in the deadliest attack ever on U.S. soil. The chilling day is simply known as 9/11.

Making it even more special for him is that this was his first time playing wheelchair rugby in 15 years. He looked a little winded after his first of two complete games, but in all he felt good.

Join Paralyzed Veterans of America for a live webinar with author David Davis to discuss his book "Wheels of Courage" on February 4, 2021 at 1pm.

PAVE provides free employment support and vocational counseling assistance to ALL Veterans, transitioning service members, spouses, and caregivers.

LifeWaters is a non-profit that improves the lives of disabled Veterans by offering scuba and scuba certifications as part of recreational water therapy.

Doctors said she'd be paralyzed from the neck down. Twila Adams proved them all wrong and said wheelchair sports changed her life.

From shot put grenades to laser tag shooting, new event will test athletes brute strength and military intel at the Wheelchair Games.

Dr. Ileana Howard’s Army Veteran grandfather received excellent medical care at VA at the end of his life. She’s making sure our Veterans get the same care and calls her job a “very important mission.”