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Your Path to
Adaptive
Skating
,
U.S. Figure
Skating's Adaptive
Skating program
offers two tracks
with numerous
opportunities
for both recreational and competitive
skating. Athletes with physical
disabilities can participate in Skate
United, and skaters with intellectual
disabilities have opportunities with
Special Olympics.
Skate United offers skaters the
ability to participate in classes within
a skating school, or they can engage
in specialized Adaptive Skating tests.
Skaters can also choose to test within
U.S. Figure Skating's test structure
and compete in 6.0 competitions and
events. Many exciting Skate United
developments are being established
to enhance opportunities and will be
shared within the near future.
tions and testing, Theatre On Ice teams,
Unified Synchronized teams and Special
Olympics competitive events. The Skate
United track is for skaters with physical
disabilities to participate at all levels and
in all aspects of competition and testing
within U.S. Figure Skating.
Skaters interested in hockey may find a
special needs or Unified team in their area.
Sled hockey teams can be found in many
states and is an international Paralympic
Games event. Special Olympics also offers
speed skating through its local and inter-
national games. If these programs don't
exist in your area, why not be the first?
There are resources to help you and a
community to support you.
For more information on U.S. Figure
Skating and Learn to Skate USA's pro-
gram resources visit
usfigureskating.org/
adaptiveskating.
Visit
specialolympics.org or con-
tact your state's Special Olympics office
for more information regarding Special
Olympics opportunities. For gen-
eral adaptive sports information, visit
moveunitedsport.org. J
Mary Johanson is the director of the AAFSC Learn
to Skate Program and chairman of the U.S. Figure
Skating Adaptive Skating program.
ADAPTIVE
SKATING
MANUAL
,
Download the manual
usfigureskating.org
