Paralympian turned astronaut John McFall could soon be the first disabled person to go to space – and he credits the Paralympics with helping to challenge preconceptions of what disabled people can ...

North Korea, long accused by rights activists of shunting its disabled residents off to isolated detention camps, will take part for the first time this year in the Paralympics, which open Wednesday ...

I was a collegiate swimmer at Florida State University with dreams of competing in the Olympics. Going to Beijing for the 2008 games was my goal. But in 2007, I was in a car accident where I was ...

When I found out I made Team Canada’s Paralympic sitting volleyball team, I felt overwhelmed with emotions. As cliched as it sounds, I thought of the younger version of myself who longed for a place ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

U.S. Paralympic swimmer Christine Raleigh Crossley earned two more medals in Paris this week after facing criticism over an earlier medal moment at the Games. Crossley on Tuesday won the 100-meter ...

On November 26, 2003, Centra “CeCe” Mazyc says she was doing a routine jump in the Army when the wind caused her parachute to collide with another jumper and as she hit the ground, she was instantly ...