‘Life’s not over after disability’: Mary Free Bed hosts wheelchair basketball tournament ...Middle East

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 120 athletes from around the country and Canada are in Grand Rapids this weekend to compete in the Mary Free Bed Invitational Adult Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. FOX 17 stopped by Saturday and learned how this is much more than an athletic competition. “After a traumatic incident, accident, you know, surgery, whatever…they can be an athlete. Life’s not over after disability,” Mary Free Bed Wheelchair and Adaptive Sports Coordinator and Recreational Therapist Christy VanHaver said. “It’s very fast, very aggressive. You’ll see people fall out of their chair, pop back up and they don’t miss a beat. They’re right back in it, so it’s really fast and fun to watch.” The

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