Adaptive Skiing
Adaptive skiing started in 1942 when an Austrian who had lost his leg attached small skis to his crutches and resumed his favored pastime. From there, the sport has evolved and now allows people who might otherwise be left behind when friends and family take to the slopes to join in the fun. Park City is one location where adaptive skiing is now the norm.
Adaptive skiing and snowboarding is an incredibly powerful therapeutic medium for those who suffer from disabilities which include blindness, deafness, amputations, para- and quadriplegia, autism, and other forms of injury, illness and cognitive defects that prevent people from skiing in the more traditional ways.
Because of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person with a disability may go to any ski area that a non-disabled person goes to, but only a few, which includes Park City, Utah have special ski schools that specialize in working with people with disabilities.
Moreover, in Park City, the ski area charges skiers with disabilities for lift tickets, but pay for the adaptive ski instructor as a donation to the adaptive ski school.
Park City is a resort for all individuals, regardless of age, gender, or physical ability.
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