Don Webber: Why One in Four Utahns Needs This Conversation

Описание: What if the barrier isn’t your ability but the infrastructure around you?

Did you know one in four Utahns lives with a disability? Many also face financial and mental health challenges that compound those barriers. Wasatch Adaptive Sports removes them.

But let’s start at the beginning.

Meet Don Webber.

Don is a former D1 football player, musician, nonprofit leader, and self-described “jack of all trades.” But behind the adventurous résumé is something far more relatable: lived experience with generalized anxiety and post-traumatic stress.

After years in the advertising world—including time at Traeger Grills—Don felt the pull toward something deeper. Through volunteer work, he found his calling with Wasatch Adaptive Sports, a nonprofit founded in 1977 that empowers people with disabilities to improve their physical, mental, and social health through outdoor recreation.

And what started as volunteering became a mission.

At Wasatch Adaptive Sports, participants don’t pay. They redefine what’s possible.

As Don puts it, the shift is simple but radical:

Stop asking what you can’t do.
Start asking: What would it take to make this work?

This episode dives into:

-Why anxiety thrives on limitation thinking

-How businesses can support employee mental health

-The power of removing structural barriers

-Why outdoor recreation is a mental health intervention

-How adaptive sports mirror therapeutic change

If you’ve ever believed something was out of reach, this episode might challenge you to reconsider.