PRESS RELEASE: On Sunday, December 19th the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program (TASP) will open its doors to the community for a public on-snow disability awareness program allowing interested locals the chance to try various adaptive disciplines. TASP will hold two separate sessions and interested individuals are encouraged to come to one or both of these demonstrative clinics. The first is from 9 am -12 pm and the second from 1 - 4 pm, both on Sunday, December 19 th. This adaptive skiing demonstration will provide curious members of the community the chance to try the various equipment that enables TASP students to successfully ski and snowboard with their able-bodied peers. Each session will meet at the TASP office under the top of Lift 1. (end Press Release)
Please view our Disability Awareness Flyer for December 19, 2010! Call 970.728.2443 to reserve your spot today!
General Information about Disability Awareness:
This innovative program exposes local school students to people with disabilities, and to the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program. Through learning activities conducted in the classroom and on the slopes, students are introduced to adaptive equipment and teaching techniques and to folks who have physical and cognitive disabilities. The Disability Awareness Program teaches kids that people with disabilities are regular people who enjoy activities like skiing as much as they do.
They will also learn that no one is immune to disabilities. Anyone can become disabled by an accident or illness, and life moves forward in spite of having a disability. Enabling young people to volunteer as “peer ski buddies” with the Navajo and wounded warriors groups also promotes youth volunteerism, which benefits both TASP and the student volunteers, who can earn required service-learning hours. Disability awareness helps create a stronger community.
TASP also offers a free Disability Awareness Day to the general Telluride public. This allows for any adult in our area to come out and learn more about different adaptive pieces of equipment and various disabilities. Please call 970.728.3865 to learn more about this program or check back in the spring to see if there has been a date posted!
