Paralympian Sarah Adam Discusses the Importance Adaptive Sports for Women
Oct 11, 2024 - American Occupational Therapy Association member Sarah L. Adam, Paralympian, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS, Assistant Professor, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at St. Louis University followed a path to earning a silver medal for the American Paralympic Rugby Team this summer propelled by a series of mentors, coincidences, and sheer grit. Adam emphasizes other benefits of adaptive sports beyond the physical aspects. She says, “It’s not just physical improvement, it's socialization + peer support, it's mental health, it's everything that you see in able-body sports, but you see it tenfold in adaptive sports.”