The Brookline Tab
December 12, 2007

Ashton wins sports award

Judy Ashton of Brookline received the AccesSportAmerica All-Star Performance Award at the organization’s annual Leadership Luncheon on Nov. 15 at the Millennium Bostonian Hotel.

Ashton said, “After I contracted West Nile encephalitis, I wasn’t even sure I would ever walk unaided. But my friends at AccesSport had a different vision for me…. I’m succeeding, doing challenging sports I never even dreamed of participating in, like windsurfing, snowboarding, playing basketball and tennis and outrigger canoeing on the Pacific Ocean.”

AccesSportAmerica, a national non-profit organization founded in 1995, is dedicated to the discovery and development of higher function and achievement for children and adults with disabilities through high-challenge sports. Programs are year-round in Massachusetts and Florida, with annual camp programs in California and Guatemala.