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Access Leisure - Programs for Persons
with Disabilities
Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act Information
Sports and Youth Programs |
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The City of Sacramento,
Access Leisure offers a variety of adapted sports programs such as
wheelchair basketball, wheelchair softball, power soccer, Access Aquatics
and even a cheerleading team. We also offer you information on where
you can participate in wheelchair tennis, adapted waterskiing, white
water rafting, dance, drama, the arts, adapted downhill or cross country
snow skiing, and adapted weight training for adults. If you would
like to receive our quarterly Access Leisure Ink newsletter
from the City of Sacramento, please contact Steve
Hornsey at (916) 808-2340 or see the Online
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 BlazeSports
Sacramento
Access Leisure is honored to have been
chosen as one of BlazeSports America’s new clubs. This affiliation
gives our program access to regional and national events for youth
teens and adults with physical disabilities as well as connections
to Paralympians to attend our sports events as coaches and speakers.
We will also receive one free sport wheelchair every year and some
funding/grants for our sports camps and special sporting events for
people with physical disabilities. More information on BlazeSports
and the programs they offer can be found by visiting their website
(www.blazesports.com) or
contacting BlazeSports Sacramento Program Coordinator Steve
Hornsey at (916) 808-2340. |
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Social & Fitness Programs
for Teens and Adults
with Developmental Disabilities |
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The City of Sacramento,
Access Leisure, offers social activities for teens and adults with
developmental disabilities such as themed dances and community outings.
Fitness programs include a walking program, bocce, softball, basketball,
bowling, swimming, and an annual track & field meet.
For more information or to receive a monthly calendar, please contact
Philip
Sinclair at (916) 808-6045. Read our Monthly
Events Calendar for program specifics about upcoming events. |
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Camps and Outdoor Education |
| Would you like to experience
the great outdoors, learn new sports and nature skills, and
have outrageously fun adventures? Then you are in luck! Long
time Access Leisure Program Coordinator and Outdoors Guru, Jenny
Yarrow, now serves as our new Camps and Outdoor Education person.
Jenny brings with her over
25 years of camping
and outdoor expertise. Please contact Jenny
Yarrow at (916) 808-6017 or visit the Camps
and Outdoor Recreation page for more information. |
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 River
Cats Independence Field
2450 Meadowview Road
at the Samuel C. Pannell Meadowview Community Center
River Cats Independence Field is a fully-accessible
baseball field made of a rubberized surface ideal for players with
disabilities that use either manual or power wheelchairs, walkers,
crutches, or no assistive devices, to "Play Ball"! Join
one of our new baseball leagues for youth with either physical or
mental disabilities, our new wheelchair softball league for youth,
our power baseball league for youth that use electric powered wheelchairs,
or one of our adult leagues for people with disabilities. See also
www.rivercatsindependencefield.com .
2008 Games Schedule:
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River Cats Independence Field Youth Baseball League Spring Schedule
All events to be held at River Cats Independence
Field (RCIF) 2450 Meadowview Road (Sacramento, 95832)
(Opening Day is Saturday April 5!)
Games played at 5:30 p.m. for ages 5 - 13
Games played at 6:45 p.m. for age 14 through school age
Saturdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26
Saturdays, May 10, 17, 24, 31
Saturday, June 7
Saturday June 14 - End of Season Awards & Picnic
Registration and Informational Forms
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River Cats Independence Field Youth Baseball League Fall Schedule
All events to be held at River Cats Independence
Field (RCIF) 2450 Meadowview Road (Sacramento, 95832)
(Opening Day is Saturday September 6!)
Games played at 5:30 p.m. for ages 5 - 13
Games played at 6:45 p.m. for age 14 through school age
Saturdays, September 6, 13, 20, 27
Saturdays, October 4, 11
Registration and Informational Forms
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Wheelchair Softball Oakland A's Major League Baseball Team Practice
(Must use manual wheelchair)
For participants age 18
and up
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Saturdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26
Saturdays, May 10, 17, 31
Saturdays, June 7, 14, 21, 28
Saturdays, July 12, 19, 26
Saturdays, August 2, 9, 16, 23
Saturdays, September 6, 13, 20
2008 NWSA tournament schedule TBA when available
*Loaner Sports Wheelchairs are available during all RCIF programs
Registration and Informational Forms
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Registration and Informational Forms:
 Informational Flyer
for River Cats Independence Field Night at Raley Field (May 15, 2008)
Registration
for the 2008
Youth Baseball League Athlete Registration (PDF)
Registration
for 2008 Volunteer Registration
(PDF)
Registration
for Wheelchair Softball
(PDF)
Informational Flyer
for "Baseball for All" free Skills Clinic (May 3, 2008)
Registration
for "Baseball for All" free Skills Clinic (May 3, 2008)
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Pannell Meadowview Recreational
Pool
 2450 Meadowview
Road at the Samuel C. Pannell Meadowview Community Center
The Samuel
C. Pannell Meadowview Community Center Pool is open February
through October. The pool is fully accessible and includes on-site
changing rooms. "Aqua Chairs" are available for people
that use wheelchairs to transfer into to make entering and exiting
the pool a breeze. The pool has a beach (zero) entry. The pool is
heated to 80 degrees. There is ample free parking.
For those that would like to enjoy one of our pools
independently, lifts are also available at Clunie, Doyle, Natomas
High School, Oki, and Southside pools.
Access Aquatics classes are available at Clunie, Oki, and Doyle
pools.
To enroll in one our Access Aquatics swim classes, call Beth McKinnie
at (916) 808-2308. |
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Sacramento Lightning - Sled
Hockey |
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Visit our website at www.sacramentosledhockey.org.
The Sacramento Lightning is a Sled Hockey team open to people of
all abilities that practices and plays in Roseville, CA. at the
Skatetown Ice Arena. Practices are Sundays at 8:15-9:15am. EVERYONE
is welcome - siblings and friends included! Ages 8-80. Please see
Skatetown’s website for directions to the arena- www.skatetown-roseville
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or call (916) 783-8550. |
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Links to Other Exciting Opportunities for
People with Disabilities
- Accessible Events: http://www.accessibleevents.org–
Accessible events helps non-profit organizations enable people with
physical disabilities lead full and active lives through recreational
opportunities.
- Axis Dance Company http://axisdance.org/ -
AXIS’ extensive community education/outreach program offers
- BORP: Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program http://www.borp.org -
BORP was founded in 1976 by people with disabilities to create
access to the outdoors, to fitness, to sports, and to recreation
for a population who'd been left out.
- Disability Resource Directory http://disability-resource.com -
Collects informative links from around the world providing a current
and comprehensive directory of resources for the Disabled community.
- Disabled Sports USA Far West http://www.dsusafw.org - leads
the way in adaptive sports and recreation for people with disabilities.
With over 30 years of experience, our trained staff and volunteers
guide you in discovering life without limits.
- Easter Seals Superior California http://superiorca.easterseals.com -
Easter Seals provides services to children and adults with disabilities
and other special needs, and support to their families.
- ETC Trips http://etctrips.org -
Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) opens the beauty and challenge
of outdoor adventures to people with special needs.
- F.E.A.T. http://www.feat.org/ -
Families for Early Autism Treatment
- Handicapped Travel Club http://www.handicappedtravelclub.com -
HTC encourages people with disabilities and their families to travel,
to meet and to share information on making recreational vehicles accessible
for the disabled.
- Kids Catch A Smile Day http://kidscatchasmileday.com – Annual
one-day fishing event for children with physical disabilities and activities
for their family.
- Sacramento Capitals Wheelchair Tennis Association http://www.scwta.com
- Shared Adventures http://www.sharedadventures.com -
Shared Adventures is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving
the quality of life of people living with the belief that disabilities
through recreation, fun, challenge and access to the outdoors.
- Society for the Blind http://www.societyfortheblind.org -
Empowering individuals who are blind or have low vision to live
productively and independently by building confidence through
training, tools and mentorship.
- Special Olympics Northern California http://www.sonc.org -
Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition
in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people eight years of
age and older with developmental disabilities.
- Speech to Speech
http://www.speechtospeech.org -
A telephone assistance service for people with speech disabilities.
You can contact their web master at: Chell Ellis at chelle@chelleellis.com
- United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Sacramento http://www.ucpsacto.org -
Advances the independence, productivity and full citizenship
of children and adults with cerebral palsy and other developmental
and acquired disabilities by building bridges to independence
that equip and enable individuals to live, work and play to their
fullest potential.
- USTA - Northern California - Wheelchair Tennis http://www.norcar.usta.com/communitytennis
- VSA Arts Sacramento http://www.vsasacramento.org -
Promotes artistic excellence and provides educational opportunities
through the arts for children of all abilities.
- Warmline Family Resource Center http://www.warmlinefrc.org -
Provides information, education, and support to promote and strengthen
the foundation of families and children with special needs.
- Wheelin' Sportsman Magazine - http://www.wheelinsportsmen.org -
Dedicated to providing people with disabilities, including disabled
hunters, disabled anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts, the opportunity
to participate in outdoor activities.
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