Dear Media Member:

Courage. Strength. Determination.
These are the qualities celebrated and embraced by the National Sports Center for the Disabled.

Each year, thousands of children and adults with disabilities come to the NSCD to learn freedom, confidence and a sense of accomplishment. They take to the ski slopes, mountain trails, golf links and playing fields to experience the thrill and adventure of outdoor recreation and sports. With specially trained staff and its own adaptive equipment lab, the NSCD accommodates individuals with almost any mental or physical challenge.

Over the past 36 years, the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) has enjoyed extraordinary growth and achievement. Our progress has been marked by steady determination and a passion for providing high-quality, affordable recreational and competitive programming to individuals with disabilities.

Since 1970, the NSCD has continued to make remarkable strides. The NSCD was born on the ski slopes, and now, in 2005, offers 19 different summer and winter sports to individuals with almost any disability. We are rafting, hiking, and mountain biking in the summer; skiing and snowshoeing in the winter; and conducting sports clinics in soccer, baseball, and football in Denver and across the country; just to name a few.

From a child with cerebral palsy who rides a horse for the first time to the teenager with a quadruple amputation whose goal is to snowboard in the half-pipe, we exist to help individuals achieve their goals and shatter society’s perceptions about disabilities.

This year, we invite you to see firsthand how the NSCD makes a difference.

Please feel free to contact us for story ideas or professional quality photography and video. I can be reached at 303.293.5317.