Welcome to Disability Awesome. Each week, this post will feature a person or persons with mental and / or physical disabilities who are doing awesome things! As someone with an disability, I love it when others when disabilities do great things!

Near Buffalo, New York, a program called “Gliding Stars” is changing lives one skater at a time. The skaters have a range of disabilities, and the nonprofit provides adaptive equipment like special skates, walkers and slings so anyone can take the ice. NBC News’ Hallie Jackson has the story.

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