{"id":10650,"date":"2021-09-13T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shayneletford.com\/test-triumph\/uncategorized\/desertabilitycenter\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T13:45:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:45:46","slug":"desertabilitycenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/news\/desertabilitycenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Ability Center &#8211; Coachella Valley, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Take a look at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.com\/story\/life\/2021\/09\/03\/desert-ability-center-provides-opportunities-people-disabilities\/5689236001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great article<\/a>\u00a0in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedowneypatriot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Desert Sun<\/a> featuring Judy A. May's organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/desertabilitycenter.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desert Ability Center (DAC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In 2010, <strong>Judy A. May<\/strong> launched adaptive sports programs in the Coachella Valley.\u00a0More than a decade later, her organization, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/desertabilitycenter.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desert Ability Center (DAC)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>provides programming for individuals with physical disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\"The opportunity to participate and grow through adaptive sports can change an individual\u2019s outlook on life.\"<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\"One participant, <strong>Paul<\/strong>, an amputee veteran, joined the organization one year at a local bike ride. He had never been on an adaptive cycle before, but DAC got him on an adaptive trike and got him moving. Today, Paul is a competitive cyclist.\"<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34.png-1024x504.webp\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-large\" alt=\"\" title=\"34.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34.png-1024x504.webp 1024w, https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34.png-300x148.webp 300w, https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34.png-18x9.webp 18w, https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/34.png.webp 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\"Another important aspect of the organization\u2019s work is that the athletes in the organization\u2019s programs educate the community about the capabilities of people living with a disability. May believes this reduces the stigma disabled individuals face and opens the door for more opportunities where they are included.\"<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.com\/story\/life\/2021\/09\/03\/desert-ability-center-provides-opportunities-people-disabilities\/5689236001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the entire article<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>To learn more about the Desert Ability Center or to volunteer, call (760) 674-7073 or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/desertabilitycenter.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desertabilitycenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Take a look at this great article\u00a0in The Desert Sun featuring Judy A. May's organization, Desert Ability Center (DAC). In 2010, Judy A. May launched adaptive sports programs in the Coachella Valley.\u00a0More than a decade later, her organization, Desert Ability Center (DAC)\u00a0provides programming for individuals with physical disabilities. \"The opportunity to participate and grow through [...]","protected":false},"author":888,"featured_media":10651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-noteworthy","category-sci"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11571,"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650\/revisions\/11571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumph-foundation.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}