Jeff Brafford, a wheelchair basketball player with a mobility impairment, shares his experiences playing wheelchair basketball with the Charlotte Cyclones in Charlotte, North Carolina. He talks about the history of wheelchair basketball which started after World War II as a sport for wounded veterans, and how the Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) organizes teams and tournaments in the United States. Mr. Brafford details differences between wheelchair basketball and basketball for able bodied people, and discusses wheelchairs for sport and how players with different levels of disability are included on teams. He describes how wheelchair basketball provides an athletic outlet for people with disabilities and helps build camaraderie and lifelong friendships.
