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.
Shooting pool is a pastime many people enjoy, including Veterans and Service members. Navy Corpsman Malik Jones is definitely one of those individuals For years he played pool every weekend with his friends. That all changed, as with most everything else in his life, on July 29, 2017, when he suffered a gunshot to the back of his head while he was stateside in Virginia Beach, Va.
Battlefield acupuncture is a subset of ear acupuncture that is easily performed with only five paper-thin needles inserted into specific points around each ear.
“We, as adaptive people, should step out of the shadows back into the light and show the world that we can still live exciting full lives."
“Don’t let age define what you can or can’t do," says the he 92-year-old legally blind Veteran. "Do what you can do, and if you can’t, find something else to do.”