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Activities Offered
  • Snowboarding
  • Snow Skiing
Building Access
  • Meets ADA standards
  • Accessible areas of building: Parking Area, Ramps, Front Desk Reception Area

Staff Training and Certification
  • Staff Training: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, PSIA-Adaptive Certified

Participants Served
  • Age range of participants: 1 to 100

Adaptive Equipment
  • Adaptive equipment available
    NEHSA's equipment is high-tech. We provide skis, boots, bindings, poles, helmets, and a full range of adaptive devices such as outriggers, ski bras, mono-skis, and bi-skis. All students and volunteers using any NEHSA equipment must wear a helmet whether it be for instructional or recreational skiing or snowboarding.

Membership Fees
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Transportation
  • Accessible by Public Transportation: No

  • Transportation Provided by the Program: No

Notes

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.

NEHSA instructors, many of whom are disabled, undergo rigorous training. Many go on to be certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI). These experienced instructors train other volunteers and have helped establish other disabled programs throughout New England.