The article emphasizes the availability of adaptive skiing programs across the U.S., highlighting Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports as a key player. With over 400 volunteer instructors, they provide personalized lessons to participants with disabilities, ensuring that everyone can enjoy skiing regardless of financial constraints through scholarships and sliding scale fees. The initiative focuses on accommodating individual needs, with equipment like sit-skis and outriggers available to enhance the skiing experience, fostering inclusivity and family bonding on the slopes.
"Our program is very, very individualized to meet the needs of the family or the person," says Kim Jackson, marketing director at Vermont Adaptive.
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports has been working with people with a range of disabilities at quite a few locations across Vermont for over 37 years.
Participants can sign up for either a half-day ($100) or full-day lesson ($150) which includes a lift ticket, adaptive equipment, and the lesson from an instructor.
Watching my son swish down the mountain grinning from ear to ear was an amazing sight.
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