Sports and International Exchange Stories
Videos and stories from sports and recreation competitors doing international volunteering and professional exchanges.
- A Two Time Goal Ball Paralympian Takes You with Her
- Jessica Lorenz has had GoalBall take her around the world.
- 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.
- Engaging Youth with Disabilities from Africa and the Middle East in Sport and Leadership Programs
- Longitudes and Attitudes: Study Abroad in China
- Dana, an international studies college student who uses a wheelchair, spent a semester studying in Beijing, China.
- 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 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.
