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Blog: Looking back at the latest A-Z blogs

The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) website features a blog post every Friday through the year.

In 2016 we’ll be taking a look at an A-Z of accessible sporting and fitness opportunities available to disabled people. This week we’re taking a look back at some of the blogs in the series so far, featuring shooting and trampolining.

Donna Bonner, shooting

Shooting – Donna Bonner

Shooting is a great sport considering my age and that fact that I’m getting older. There isn’t too much adaption necessary to make the sport accessible.

I really enjoy the social aspect of shooting, as well as learning a sport which is completely different to anything I’ve done before. I never thought that I would be able to do it.

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Catherine Scales on a trampolineTrampolining – Catherine Scales

Trampolining is a freeing sensation. There’s a weightlessness too. It’s also amazing exercise – it’s cardio as well as muscle toning, because you need muscles for stretching and cardio for bouncing.

I have a learning impairment that affects my speech and language. I have problems with speaking, but I can communicate when I’m happy that I have done something correctly. I’ll go: “Yaaay!”

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Read more in the A-Z blogs series.

For more information visit the Blogs section of the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) website. Keep visiting the site every Friday for new blogs in our A-Z 2016 series.