NSCD Virtual Programming

The NSCD program team has launched a series of videos via Facebook and YouTube that provide guided exercise, meditation, journaling and outdoor activities that you can do from home. Click here to see a list of available activities.

Due to the popularity of these programs, we are going to expand virtual options by launching a series of live-streaming programs via Zoom! These programs will be offered at no cost in order to provide opportunities and access for you to maintain social connections, participate in physical activity and to have fun.

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Celebrating 50 Years of Changing Live

On May 27th, 2020, the NSCD hosted a virtual birthday party in celebration of 50 years of changing lives, and we’re excited to announce that we’ve raised nearly $37,000 thanks to over 140 NSCD supporters and party attendees! We had an amazing turnout with NSCD volunteers, participants, athletes and donors joining us virtually to help blow out our candles, including Paralympians Alana Nichols and Tyler Carter and musician David Francisco.

While our virtual birthday party was an amazing way to kick-start our celebrations during this unprecedented time, we are still planning to continue celebrating our birthday well into 2021. Stay tuned for more celebration updates and invitations. Support the NSCD today by making a donation.

Thank you for being part of an incredible 50 years of changing lives!

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The NSCD is celebrating 50 years of enabling the human spirit through sport and recreation!

On January 20th, 1970, the NSCD was founded. From humble beginnings of teaching 23 amputees to conquer the ski slopes, the NSCD has grown into an internationally recognized therapeutic recreation organization providing over 15 different sport and recreation programs to over 4,000 participants with any disability. Join us in celebrating this amazing milestone by sharing your favorite NSCD memories and use #NSCD50.

Enabling the human spirit through therapeutic sports and recreation.

The NSCD offers adaptive lessons for individuals and groups of people with disabilities in a variety of action sports, adventure sports and competitive programs. Athletes with any physical, cognitive, emotional or behavioral diagnosis can participate in sports and recreation programs year-round in Colorado’s Front Range and mountains.

The NSCD’s recreational athletes build self-confidence and improve overall health in programs such as skiing, rock climbing, paddle sports and therapeutic horseback riding. The NSCD’s competition program offers a way for independent athletes to compete at an elite level in international alpine and Nordic competitions and to thrive in the camaraderie of the NSCD team environment.

The NSCD is one of the largest therapeutic recreation and competitive adaptive sports agencies in the world, based out of Winter Park Resort and the Denver Broncos Stadium at Empower Field at Mile High in Colorado. With specially trained staff and volunteers, as well as its own adaptive equipment lab, the NSCD teaches over 52,000 lesson hours to athletes each year with a variety of diagnoses.

NSCD programs, including ability clinics, are currently suspended. All overnight camps and all therapeutic horse riding programs and camps have been cancelled for the summer.

This decision was thoughtfully made with extreme caution and concern and after consulting with the NSCD Leadership Team, medical advisors, partner agencies and feedback from participants and volunteers. We will update any new developments for programming on the website as soon as we have news to share, please continue to check back for up-to-date information.

The NSCD Program team has launched a series of videos via YouTube that provide activities you can do from home. Due to the popularity of these programs, we have expanded our virtual options by launching a series of live-streaming programs via Zoom. Check out our Virtual Programming options under the Participate tab.