On Sunday, March 28, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki will kick off the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colo., the largest adaptive event of its kind in the world.
The clinic, which is sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Disabled American Veterans, teaches Veterans with disabilities about adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing. It also introduces them to a number of other adaptive recreational activities and sports.
For many newly injured Veterans, including increasing numbers injured in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the clinic offers their first experience in winter sports and gives them the inspiration to take their rehabilitation to a higher level.
