The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization[1] that began in 1970 providing ski lessons for children with amputations.

Today, the NSCD is one of the largest therapeutic recreation organizations in the world, serving more than 3,000 children and adults with disabilities.

[4] O'Leary taught one lesson to 23 children with amputations, which spearheaded the National Sports Center for the Disabled.

[2] The Competition Center is a smaller faction of the NSCD but provides substantial name recognition and reputation growth due to the caliber of athletes that train there,[8] in the 2010 Winter Paralympics, the NSCD athletes accounted for more than half of the total alpine medals collected by Team USA.

[9] Steven J. Ricci (1968–1999) was an NSCD athlete who died following critical head injuries during a training run at Winter Park Resort.