ADAPTIVE SPORTS DIRECTORY
KANSAS CITY METRO
A softball league for young men and women with special needs.
Two Ways You Can Help!
Volunteer to serve as a buddy: Buddies are helpers who play side by side with a player. Buddies stick with their player and help them field the ball, run around the bases (pushing the wheelchair, if necessary). If the player needs help batting, the buddy can help them hit off the tee. Just 2 games on a Monday night! Volunteers are required to be there by 6:15 and their help is needed until 8:30.
Donate: T-shirts, trophies, pictures and an end of the year picnic! We want this league to remain FREE to the player and their families.
The mission of Jackson County Parks + Rec’s Special Population Services is to provide professional, multi-recreational services enabling the developmentally disabled of Jackson County to achieve independence, self-fulfillment and physical fitness through athletic and social events.
Variety KC’s mission is to help children with physical and cognitive disabilities, as well as their families, feel included in our community, we support community projects such as inclusive ball fields, playgrounds, and sports programs. Variety also plans and hosts free events.
Midwest Adaptive Sports provides therapeutic recreational and competitive sports programs for individuals with disabilities. The objective is to have fun, build independence, self-esteem, confidence, physical development and socialization. They strive to enhance active participation in all aspects of the community by promoting the concept of ability through integration, public awareness and education.
Midwest Adaptive Sports empowers individuals with physical, cognitive, emotional or behavioral challenges to positively impact their lives and provide the chance for those persons to gain independence, confidence and dignity through sports, recreation and competition.
AS-GKC.net is a stand-alone, community-wide, all-inclusive adaptive sports website and calendar that lists adaptive/accessible sports activities throughout the metropolitan area. Organizations, businesses, nonprofits, communities, groups, etc., that offer accessible sporting activities in the KC Metro Area (Missouri and Kansas) are encouraged to list their events, teams, activities, venues, etc., on the website.
The website was created to address the gaps in the Kansas City metropolitan area in communication, collaboration, and access to adaptive/accessible sports programs and venues for people of all ages with physical, mental health, and/or intellectual disabilities.
Women in Sport challenges the system, offers solutions and inspires change. They believe in girls and women, especially those with disabilities, having access to fair and safe sport for the joy, fulfillment and lifelong benefits it offers.
Special Olympics is a global social movement. Through its initiatives it activates youth, engage kids and adults with intellectual disabilities, build communities and improve the health of athletes. With training and competitions in 12 Olympic-style sports, athletes push hard and play harder. They strive to beat their personal bests, defying the odds again and again. Special Olympic athletes showcase the talents and triumphs of people with intellectual disabilities.
The Miracle League removes the barriers that keep children with mental and physical disabilities off the baseball field and lets them experience the joy of America’s favorite pastime. Since the main barriers for these adults arise from the natural grass fields used in conventional leagues, Miracle League teams play on a custom-designed, rubberized turf field that accommodates wheelchairs and other assertive devices while helping to prevent injuries.
REGIONAL MARKETS DIRECTORY
Midwest Adaptive Sports provides therapeutic recreational and competitive sports programs for individuals with disabilities. The objective is to have fun, build independence, self-esteem, confidence, physical development and socialization. They strive to enhance active participation in all aspects of the community by promoting the concept of ability through integration, public awareness and education.
Midwest Adaptive Sports empowers individuals with physical, cognitive, emotional or behavioral challenges to positively impact their lives and provide the chance for those persons to gain independence, confidence and dignity through sports, recreation and competition.
Women in Sport challenges the system, offers solutions and inspires change. They believe in girls and women, especially those with disabilities, having access to fair and safe sport for the joy, fulfillment and lifelong benefits it offers.
Special Olympics is a global social movement. Through its initiatives it activates youth, engage kids and adults with intellectual disabilities, build communities and improve the health of athletes. With training and competitions in 12 Olympic-style sports, athletes push hard and play harder. They strive to beat their personal bests, defying the odds again and again. Special Olympic athletes showcase the talents and triumphs of people with intellectual disabilities.
DOMESTIC NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The TrueSport mission is simple and bold: to change the culture of youth sport by providing powerful educational tools to equip young athletes with the resources to build life skills and core values for success on and off the field; as well as to assist youth sports advocates to create healthy, safe, positive competitive environments and experiences for athletes and their families.
Special Olympics is a global social movement. Through its initiatives it activates youth, engage kids and adults with intellectual disabilities, build communities and improve the health of athletes. With training and competitions in 12 Olympic-style sports, athletes push hard and play harder. They strive to beat their personal bests, defying the odds again and again. Special Olympic athletes showcase the talents and triumphs of people with intellectual disabilities.
Special Olympics is a global social movement. Through its initiatives it activates youth, engage kids and adults with intellectual disabilities, build communities and improve the health of athletes. With training and competitions in 12 Olympic-style sports, athletes push hard and play harder. They strive to beat their personal bests, defying the odds again and again. Special Olympic athletes showcase the talents and triumphs of people with intellectual disabilities.
INTERNATIONAL
Special Olympics is a global social movement. Through its initiatives it activates youth, engage kids and adults with intellectual disabilities, build communities and improve the health of athletes. With training and competitions in 12 Olympic-style sports, athletes push hard and play harder. They strive to beat their personal bests, defying the odds again and again. Special Olympic athletes showcase the talents and triumphs of people with intellectual disabilities.
Special Olympics is a global social movement. Through its initiatives it activates youth, engage kids and adults with intellectual disabilities, build communities and improve the health of athletes. With training and competitions in 12 Olympic-style sports, athletes push hard and play harder. They strive to beat their personal bests, defying the odds again and again. Special Olympic athletes showcase the talents and triumphs of people with intellectual disabilities.
Activity Alliance is a leading voice for disabled people in sports and activities. Established in 1998 as a national charity, they were previously known as the English Federation of Disability Sport.
The vision:
A future where all disabled people feel they belong in sports
