ASLAKSON Josie

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (teamusa.org, 23 Aug 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (teamusa.org, 23 Aug 2018)

Impairment Details
At age five she was involved in a car accident which resulted in her being paralysed from the waist down. (teamusa.org, 23 Aug 2018)

General
HEAD COACH
She was named head coach of the University of Arizona women's wheelchair basketball team ahead of the 2021/22 season. "As a University of Arizona alumni and long-time athlete, I am incredibly honoured and excited to lead the U of A women's wheelchair basketball team into their 2021/22 season as new head coach. Having played wheelchair basketball from the age of 13 and worked my way through the ranks of junior, collegiate, and international competition, it is not beyond me that there are only a handful of opportunities in the US to coach collegiate wheelchair basketball and I am lucky to have one. My wheelchair basketball career has completely transformed my character and moulded my future into an endless pathway of open doors. As former captain of UAZ's women's wheelchair basketball team, I am absolutely confident that this group of young women has a wealth of potential and the strength to achieve their goals." (Instagram profile, 17 Apr 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She studied at the University of Texas in Arlington before transferring to New York University where she earned a degree in dramatic writing in May 2019. (Facebook profile, 10 Feb 2020; wayup.com, May 2019; mentis.uta.edu, 20 Jan 2015)