Don Webber: Why One in Four Utahns Needs This Conversation

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 thinkingHow businesses can support employee mental healthThe power of removing structural barriersWhy outdoor recreation is a mental health interventionHow adaptive sports mirror therapeutic changeIf you’ve ever believed something was out of reach, this episode might challenge you to reconsider.