Topic of the Month January: Winter Sports

 
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Winter time is time for nibbling. However, snow and ice are no reason for holiday pounds. Even for disabled persons there are activities like snow tubing, sledge ice hockey and wheelchair curling which offer a wide variety to keep your body fit. Read more about it in the Topic of the Month December: Winter Sports.

Snowshoeing, Snow tubing and building igloos: Since 2004 the German Alpine Association has been offering the action week “No Limits” for 12 able-bodied and disabled youths from all over Germany in the winterly Alps. The certified pedagogue Anke Hinrichs who is hampered and speech-impaired herself had the idea and runs the course. REHACARE.de talked with her about winter sport which can motivate and connect.
- “Disabled People Should Not Sit at Home in Winter“ – Anke Hinrichs about an integrative winter action week

It is time for winter sports again. And after the most successful Paralympic Summer Games of all times in 2008 athletes from around the world are already training for the next Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, in 2010. Biathlon, Ice Sledge Hockey and Wheelchair curling are three of five paralympic winter sports in which athletes compete. Read here how these sports have developed, when they became paralympic disciplines and how they work.
- Paralympic Winter Sports: Hot Blades and Heavy Donuts

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