New England Handicapped Sports Association (N.E.H.S.A.)

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Organization:	New England Handicapped Sports Association (N.E.H.S.A.)
Contact:	Tom Kersey - Director
Address:	P.O. Box 2135
	Newbury
	New Hampshire
	03255
	USA
Phone:	1-800-628-4484
	603-763-9158
Fax:	603-763-4400
Email:	info@nehsa.org
URL:	http://www.nehsa.org

Description

NEHSA is a group of people who pool their knowledge, skill and courage to participate in sports activities. Skiing, however, is still the central sport because of its amazing adaptability to many types of disabilities.

NEHSA was founded in 1972 as a non-profit organization run by and for individuals with disabilities who wanted to enjoy active and independent lives through participation in sports. In 1994 we expanded our program to include ski instruction for persons with developmental disabilities. Today our program's goals are to encourage positive attitudes, social opportunities and personal growth through the challenges that participation in outdoor sports and recreation offers.
Anyone Can Learn to Ski/Snowboard - NEHSA offers adaptive ski and Snowboard lessons to people of all ages and all disabilities. At Mount Sunapee Resort , where our homebase and winter program reside, skiers participate in either a stand up or sit-down program, some people try both. Among our stand-up skiers are amputees, persons who have recovered from polio or strokes, skiers with cerebral palsy, blind skiers, deaf skiers, and persons with developmental disabilities. Participants in our sit-down program may include persons with spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, paraplegic and quadriplegic.