Buoyed By Financial Support, Military Veterans Are A Growing Part Of The Paralympics

BEN SHPIGEL, NY Times: Health
Sun, 03/18/2018 - 3:47pm

Veterans accounted for 24.3 percent of the American Paralympic team this year, and they benefit from funding sources not available to civilians.

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