My name is Trent Clayton and I like to run! I like to run because it feels exhilarating, I love feeling the wind in my face, and the best part is pushing myself to do something I wasn’t sure I could […]
Soccer and Hemiplegia – Shea’s Story
The one-armed goalkeeper “So what was the coolest thing about Paralympic National Soccer Camp?” This was the first question that I asked my 13 year old son Shea, upon his return from the United States Men’s Paralympic National Team Training […]
Meet Chris – Loves Wrestling
Chris is a pediatric stroke survivor and very involved in the wrestling team at his elementary school. In one tournament, he wrestled four times, won two and lost two, and come in 4th out of 8 athletes in the competition. […]
Basketball Manager Thomas Adams
Thomas and his parents attended the very first Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association Family Retreat in Georgia in 2001. He was a fun loving little boy and had turned into a young man with a love of basketball. Thomas is […]
Scholarships for Thunder in the Valley Games 2013
A limited number of CHASA Athletic Scholarships for athletes with hemiplegia or hemipareis are available for the 2013 Thunder in the Valley Games being held May 30th through June 2nd, 2013. CHASA encourages young people with hemiplegia or hemiparesis to […]
Pediatric Stroke and Silver in the FSKA World Championships
Kaidhyn has hemiplegic cerebral palsy, but that diagnosis didn’t stop him from bringing home a chest full of medals form the FSKA (Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association) World Championships held in Denver this past weekend. Kaidhyn wasn’t alone at this competition. […]
Kaidhyn has Hemiplegia and is Competing in the FSKA Karate World Championship
Seven year old Kaidhyn Stockdale will represent the city of Owensboro, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the United States of America at the 2012 Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association (FSKA) World Karate Championships in Denver, Colorado this weekend. Kaidhyn is a […]
Strong as Steel Adaptive Sports
My son Trent, who has survived many hemorrhagic strokes in his young life, has right hemiplegic cerebral palsy and epilepsy. He has always been a natural runner, running has seemed to come more easily to him than walking! When he […]
Following His Dream
Danny’s Family Danny is 15 years old and a freshman in High School. As the middle of three brothers, Danny was determined early on, to make sports a part of his life. He began organized athletics at the age […]
Cerebral Palsy Doesn’t Slow Down Nathan
A True Winner! Nathan and his twin Jacob were born 4th of July 2002 at 29 weeks. Shortly after birth Nathan suffered a Grade IV brain hemorrhage. As a result he has left hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Nathan is currently in […]
