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Welcome to The Adaptive Sports Podcast, the podcast where adaptive athletes take the spotlight. From wheelchair basketball courts to accessible golf greens, we bring you conversations that challenge stereotypes and celebrate grit, talent, and determination. Each week, we talk to disabled athletes, coaches, and advocates about the real wins and hard-fought journeys behind the scenes. These are the stories major media too often misses. The raw, honest, and game-changing conversations. Whether you're an athlete, ally, or just sports-curious, this podcast invites you to push play and discover what true strength sounds like.
Disability Media Network (DiMe) is the creator and producer of the Adaptive Sports Podcast, a series dedicated to centering disabled athletes and elevating the stories too often left out of mainstream sports media. Through candid conversations with athletes, coaches, and advocates across adaptive sports like wheelchair basketball and golf, DiMe brings authentic, unapologetic storytelling to the forefront.
As a platform built by and for the disability community, DiMe is committed to representation that is real, not idealized, or pitied, but human. The Adaptive Sports Podcast continues that mission: highlighting strength, strategy, and spirit while challenging outdated narratives about disability in sp
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The podcast focuses on various adaptive sports such as wheelchair basketball and golf, exploring themes of resilience, representation, and overcoming adversity. Episodes feature stories like that of Kelsey Kuch, an adaptive golfer discussing her journey of confidence building, and Daniel Wiseman, who shares his experience of overcoming cancer and surgeries to pursue his love for golf, ultimately challenging stereotypes around disability in sports.

Welcome to The Adaptive Sports Podcast, the podcast where adaptive athletes take the spotlight. From wheelchair basketball courts to accessible golf greens, we bring you conversations that challenge stereotypes and celebrate grit, talent, and determination. Each week, we talk to disabled athletes, coaches, and advocates about the real wins and hard-fought journeys behind the scenes. These are the stories major media too often misses. The raw, honest, and game-changing conversations. Whether you’re an athlete, ally, or just sports-curious, this podcast invites you to push play and discover what true strength sounds like.
Disability Media Network (DiMe) is the creator and producer of the Adaptive Sports Podcast, a series dedicated to centering disabled athletes and elevating the stories too often left out of mainstream sports media. Through candid conversations with athletes, coaches, and advocates across adaptive sports like wheelchair basketball and golf, DiMe brings authentic, unapologetic storytelling to the forefront.
As a platform built by and for the disability community, DiMe is committed to representation that is real, not idealized, or pitied, but human. The Adaptive Sports Podcast continues that mission: highlighting strength, strategy, and spirit while challenging outdated narratives about disability in sp
Paralympian Stacey Rice shares her remarkable transition from competing in the 1988 Paralympic Games for volleyball to finding a new passion in adaptive golf. After losing her leg to bone cancer at 16, Stacey’s athletic dreams seemed over—until a supportive community of amputee athletes changed her path. In this episode, Stacey talks about rediscovering competition, representation in adaptive sports, and what keeps her swinging for new goals on and off the course.
Key Topics:
- Overcoming fear and rediscovering athletic identity after amputation
- Transitioning from Paralympic volleyball to adaptive golf
- The power of peer encouragement in recovery and sport
- What drives her to compete in tournaments today

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