Visitors to Vermont’s mountains will encounter people with disabilities skiing and participating in sports that once might have seemed beyond reach. They are participants with Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports, a nationally recognized organization that empowers people of all abilities through inclusive sports and recreational programming regardless of ability to pay. We discuss the impacts and origins of this pioneering program. (February 19, 2020 broadcast)
Kim Jackson, director of communications & marketing, Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports
Emily Cioffi, mono skier
Kyle Robideaux, a skier with visual impairment who is also an ultra trail runner