Context

"People with disabilities are less likely to engage in regular moderate physical activity than people without disabilities, yet they have similar needs to promote their health and to prevent unnecessary diseases."
- Surgeon General on Physical Activity and Health for Persons with Disabilities, 2008

"Exercise and sports participation can be used as a therapeutic and preventative intervention for enhancing physical and mental health. It also can enhance mental health by offering positive feelings about self-esteem, tangible experiences of competency and success, and increased self-confidence."
- President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

"Today, one in five Americans has some level of disability, with one in ten characterized as severe."
- Easter Seals

Children and adults with disabilities need opportunities to participate in the widest possible range of life's opportunities.

AccesSportAmerica inspires our athletes to:

• Achieve greater personal, physical, cognitive and emotional function than ever imagined.


• Increase physical activity, leisure opportunities, positive view of life and involvement in activities otherwise perceived as elite.


• Maximize physical and athletic potential while cultivating social and emotional well-being, and independence.


• Experience a sense of unparalleled accomplishments through mastery of balance, coordination and fear.


• Improve strength, endurance and decision-making skills while building confidence and self-assurance.


• Accomplish incredible strides in short, but intensive periods. Repeated exposure builds and sharpens skills to a high degree of competency in addition to proficiency and confidence growing dramatically.