Sports and International Exchange Stories
Videos and stories from sports and recreation competitors doing international volunteering and professional exchanges.
- A Goalball Paralympian Brings Home Gold
- Jessie Lorenz, an athlete who is blind, and the USA Women's Goalball Team won the gold medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. Her blog leads up to the winning day.
- After the Glory
- Wheelchair athletes go beyond their athletic careers and accomplishments and become worldwide ambassadors who work to change lives.
- Alejandro Albor: Paralympian in hand cycling at Athens and Beijing
- A blog chronicles the adventures of a Paralympian amputee as he traveled to Beijing to compete in hand cycling.
- Dreaming, Doing, and Blogging Outreach in Ghana
- Read the day to day activities of a U.S. Paralympian who traveled to Ghana to conduct wheelchair track clinics and to bring attention to disability policy and education.
- Engaging Youth with Disabilities from Africa and the Middle East in Sport and Leadership Programs
- Ben Johnson, a professor and dean at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA, traveled to multiple countries to conduct projects supported under the International Sports Programming Initiative.
- From Sensei to Student: A Blind Athlete Blogs from Japan
- English teacher-turned-Judo pupil Nicholas Hoekstra reports on his training at a martial institution in Japan, where he spars with athletes from around the world.
- Making a Difference in Iraq
- Read this fascinating article about Tiana Tozer, former world-class wheelchair athlete who works on accessibility and human rights issues for people with disabilities in Iraq. Published in New Mobility Magazine, November 2008.
- Paralympic skiier travels the world to volunteer
- Paralympic skier, Muffy Davis’ Access the World journey shows how she traveled as a wheelchair user to ten countries to volunteer with disability non-profit organizations.
- Pushing Beyond Limits (Argentina)
- Cheri Blauwet, a wheelchair user and Paralympic gold medalist in wheelchair racing, writes about her college study abroad experience to Argentina on a National Security Exchange Program Boren Scholarship. Published in Abroad View.
- Reflections from my International Visitor Leadership Program to the U.S.
- Well Zhao participated in a whirlwind tour of the United States to learn how American organizations and institutions are including people with disabilities in educational, recreational and leadership opportunities. Mr. Zhao is from China and is an amputee who uses a prosthetic.
- Wheelchair Basketball in Guatemala & Ghana and Other Adventures
- Brittany writes about her overseas volunteer and study experiences.
