Get Sporty!
Interested in getting back in the game? Sports like basketball, rugby, hockey and tennis have all been adapted for people who use wheelchairs. Check out these links to wheelchair sport organizations in Ontario.
- Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association http://www.cwsa.ca
- Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association http://www.ontwheelchairsports.org
- Spitfires Wheelchair Sports Association Ontario http://www.spitfirechallenge.ca
- National Capital Sports Council of the Disabled http://www.ncscd.ca
- National Capital Wheelchair Tennis Association http://www.magma.ca/~ncwta
- Canadian Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association http://www.geocities.com/cewha
- Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing – Ontario http://www.disabledskiingontario.com
- Canadian Paralympic Committee http://www.paralympic.ca
And just for fun…Heard about Murderball? This award-winning movie about the fast and furious game of wheelchair rugby is now on DVD.
Check it out here: http://www.murderballmovie.com
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Fast Fact
There are 350 - 400 new spinal cord injuries every year in Ontario (approximately one every day) and current estimates indicate that there are approximately 12,000 Ontarians living with spinal cord injury.




