New England Disabled Sports (NE Disabled Sports) is an adaptive sports center located in Lincoln, NH. Our mission is “to offer sports and recreation within a safe, supportive, fun, boundary-free environment for individuals with disabilities who require adaptive instruction”.

Our vision is “To become a world leader in adaptive sports”.

Established in 1989, NE Disabled Sports was incorporated as the “White Mountain Adaptive Snowsports School” in 1992 as a 501 c 3 non-profit organization as a Chapter of Disabled Sports USA, and became “New England Disabled Sports” in 2008 to reflect our community and mission.  People are drawn to NE Disabled Sports because our staff, volunteers and clients have formed a cohesive and close-knit community. All involved seek to enrich their lives by participating in adaptive sports and fostering empowerment.  Our paid staff and volunteers represent an inclusive group of those living with disabilities as well as able-bodied individuals. This gives us the unique ability to excel in finding, fitting and adapting the highly specialized sporting equipment required by individuals with a disability to fully participate in adaptive sports, while creating opportunities for staff, volunteers, and participants to learn from each other.  Our membership wants to have fun, revel in a supportive community and excel athletically.  Many also become inspired to compete at higher levels of adaptive sports.
 
NE Disabled Sports has grown steadily over the last 20 years, and is a leader in adaptive sports in the New England area. In 2008 the organization was officially recognized as a “Paralympic Sport Club” by US Paralympics.  Also in November, we completed a major capital building campaign that resulted in the opening of the 4800 square foot New England Disabled Sports Center at Loon. The building is a state of the art facility that provides a professional and secure base of operations.  The Center is also the home of the National Disabled Ski Hall of Fame.  From this new center, we have been able to expand to offer instruction in a variety of adaptive sports, and set dynamic strategic goals for the organization.  These goals include:
1.    Appealing to a broader audience.
2.    Developing a sustainable financial foundation for the organization.
3.    Developing strategic partnerships that enhance our ability to improve and increase services and programs.

Winter Programming: The New England Disabled Sports Center was completed in time to act as the base of operations for the 2008/2009 NE Disabled Sports snowsports program which offers instruction and opportunities to individuals with diverse backgrounds, from beginner to the elite levels of competition.  During the 2008/2009 winter season we continued our success in winter sports as we trained and managed our volunteer staff of 200 coaches.  These highly trained individuals (66 of whom are certified Adaptive Ski Instructors through Professional Ski Instructors of America) provided more than 2000 snowsport experiences to over 275 individuals with disabilities. We also hosted two successful events to a total of thirty-nine (39) veterans with physical disabilities.  These events were designed to introduce adaptive snowsports to those new to the sport, as well as provide expert instruction to those who wanted to elevate their participation toward elite levels of athletic competition.  The events of the 2008/2009 winter season are just one example of our continued growth and success in providing adaptive sports instruction to individuals throughout New England. Recognizing that financial considerations can also be a barrier to adaptive recreation, our snowsports lessons are affordable to all people with disabilities, and since our inception, we have never turned away an individual who cannot afford our services by offering scholarships. 

Summer Programming: Our success and expertise in snowsports is complimented by summer programming. Since the summer of 2006 and each year since, we have offered successful summer programming to groups of individuals who show a strong interest in adaptive sports.  These summer sports include:  cycling/handcycling, kayaking, hiking, camping, shooting and water skiing events.  Through these summer events, we have discovered that there is a growing demand to expand our summer programming. 

For more information or if you have questions please visit our website at www.NEDisabledSports.org or call our office at 603 745 6281 ext 5663 or email at info@NEDisabledsports.org