Good News: ‘Gliding Stars’ teaches people with disabilities how to skate
NBC News·2026-01-26 00:50
Scarlet Highinger couldn't walk, but with special skates and her family by her side, she's learned to glide. Scarlet is one of about 70 skaters near Buffalo, New York, who are part of Gliding Stars. >> The program is for anybody that has a social, emotional, mental, invisible disability.>> Miranda Fiori helps run the program. Some of our autistic skaters really struggle socially, so we try to help them to grow in that aspect. For skaters that typically cannot walk, we will try to get them to get more streng ...