Members of the Brooks Adaptive Sports teams visit the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) campus in St. Augustine, Florida, bringing the adaptive wheelchairs students have studied. According to Wynnet Sinclair, students play basketball with para players, quad rugby and soccer with quadriplegic players, and try out a range of adaptive equipment.
When COVID kept students off campus, faculty at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) found a way to keep anatomy in their hands. Physical therapy faculty member Gabriel Somarriba and colleagues 3D printed key structures and bone models and sent them to students, who could then follow along and study at home.
Students in the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) complete coursework online, coming to campus for hands-on skills training. This blended model allows students to earn their degree without relocating, while still gaining the in-person clinical training essential to becoming a strong clinician.
Since 2019, the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) has partnered with the Stoke for Life Foundation to sponsor the US Open Adaptive Surfing Championships in Oceanside, California. The event brings adaptive surfers from around the world together to compete at the highest level of the sport.