Adaptive Sports

Paraclimbing athletes hope for inclusion in the Paralympic Games

Variety of disabilities represented in Paralympics' universal relay

In a first, Paralypmics prevent power chair athletes from competing in tennis

Using technology to open wilderness trails to people with disabilities

Welcoming all climbers in Appalachia

Climbing an overhanging route in the Red River Gorge, Jono Lewis (he/him) pinches the pocketed sandstone rock with both hands and intense focus. While he calms his mind, he flags his left leg out to the side, which is a prosthesis. Cail Soria (2023)

Jono Lewis climbs an overhanging cliff in the Red River Gorge. Credit: Cail Soria, Adaptive Climbers Festival, (2023 )

Other Reporting

Celebrating 35 years of the ADA, success and concern

On the Skate Downtown roller rink, Michael Denlinger relaxes into his electric-powered wheelchair and flashes a smile with a white tent and party lights behind him. Image credit: Emily Chen-Newton

Artist preserves memories and legacies of climbers through rope craft

Lack of communication between states and tribes hinders contact tracing

Black Lives Matter protesters sue Omaha over suppressed rights

Nebraska limits CARES Act funds. June 19, 2020

Omaha Public Schools opens new facility for medically fragile students