RECREATION/ SPORTS RESOURCES
The commission is listing references for your convenience. We are not recommending or endorsing particular vendors.
Athletes Unlimited – Tennis
Voice: (248) 827-3388
Email:annm@broerehab.net
Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame
Voice: (248) 829-8353
Hall of Fame website
Dearborn Arts & Recreation Enabling Program
(Formerly Dearborn Specials)
Ford Community and Performing Arts Center
City of Dearborn
Attn: Denise Toepfer
15801 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48126
Voice: (313) 943 2356
E-Mail: dbrnspecial@dearbornfordcenter.com
Ford PAC Website
Camp-O-Rama
Annual publication listing camps that include children and adults with disabilties.
Call MATR: 517-224-0333 or 800-274-7426.
Just Fun Club (Sponsored by ARC NW )
Voice: 313-532-7915
Social events for adult with developmental disabilities.
Lekotek (Sponsored by ARC NW)
Voice: 313-532-8524
Toy Lending Library
Michigan Adaptive Golf
Voice: (819) 342-4182
Email: mhgolf@concentric.net
Michigan Diehards Wheelchair Basketball Team ( Practice in Detroit)
Voice: (313) 745-6624
Michigan Disability Sports Alliance
15004 McLain Ave.
Allen Park, MI 48101-1819
Phone (313) 388-8678
Provides information and support services to local sports teams for players with disabilities.. Organizes and runs the Michigan Victory Games. Offers training workshops to individuals with disabilities interested in sports. Encourages development of age appropriate athletic opportunities for individuals ages 6 to adult
Michigan State Fair
1120 W. State Fair Avenue
Detroit, MI 48203
Phone: (313) 369-8250
“Handicapper” competition in August at Michigan State Fair Grounds, includes arts, crafts and baked goods. Contact by June 1st to enter. No entry fee.
Michigan Thunderbirds Wheelchair Basketball Team
(734) 971- 0277
Thunderbirds website
Michigan Wheelchair Athletic Association
P.O. Box 1455
Troy, MI 48099
Phone: (586) 979-8253 or 446-2708
Serves as a professional resource and as an educational resource for the general public. Hosts the annual Michigan Wheelchair Games (Victory Games). Events are sanctioned by Wheelchair Sports USA and competition is provided for children, adult and master levels (40+ years) in swimming, archery, track & field, air guns, weight lifting, table tennis and exhibition events such as boating and billiards.
Michigan Wizards Wheelchair Basketball Team (Practice in Westland)
Voice: (734) 762- 5573
National Wheelchair Poolplayers Association, Inc.
30872 Puritan
Livonia, MI 48154
Phone: (734) 422-2124
E-mail: natwcpainc@aol.com
Fees: $10.00 annual; $125.00 lifetime
Organizes pool and billiard clinics and tournaments for people with physical disabilities.
National Wheelchair Softball Association
Wayne County
Phone: (734) 334-1518
Provides year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with mental retardation or closely related developmental disabilities throughout Michigan. Also provides inclusive sport opportunities through unified sports.Neighborhood Club
Northeast Special Recreational Softball League
17150 Waterloo
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
Phone: (313) 885-4600
E-mail: BJRDNC@yahoo.com
Fees: $40.00; family rate $70.00
Ages 12 to adult. Players with developmental (TMI and EMI) and physical challenges are welcome. Players are welcome. Players with learning disabilities should not register for this program.
Rexford Center Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program
First Impressions Farm, New Haven
Voice: (586) 749-6661
Special Olympics Michigan
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: (517) 774-3911
Toll Free: (800) 644-6404
Fax: (517) 774-3034
E-mail: somi@somi.org
Special Olympics Website
VSA arts of Michigan
100 West Alexandrine
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 832-3303
Email: info@vsami.org
Promoting arts. education, and creative expression involving children and adults with disabilties.
VSArts
Westland Therapeutic
Recreation/Leisure
36651 Ford Road
Westland, MI 48185
Phone: (734) 722-7620
$15.00 non-Westland resident
This program of the Westland Parks and Recreation Department provides a wide variety of activities for people with any impairment, such as bowling, day trips, Westland Wizards wheelchair basketball, arts and crafts, movie outing and therapeutic music and dance for children under 12 years old.
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