Merging Pain With Purpose: A Teen’s Triumph Over Arthritis

Vancouver teen Maddie Watts craves the exhilaration of flying downhill, carving through the snow with the wind in her face. At 16, Maddie feared arthritis had stolen her favourite sport. But today, Maddie is using her incurable disease to aspire to greater heights, experiencing the slopes in a new way with a new pursuit—the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy.

 

Originally published on globalheroes.com.