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Chapter 12: Sports, Recreation and Travel
Section 1: Sports, Camps, Recreation And Leisure
Subsection C: Sports for People with Disabilities
BlazeSports America, Inc.
280 Interstate N. Cir., Ste. 450
Atlanta,GA
30339
770-850-8199 Voice
770-850-8179 Fax
blazesports@blazesports.com
www.blazesports.com
BlazeSports America provides sports training, competitions, summer camps and other sports and recreational opportunities for youth and adults who use wheelchairs, have a visual impairment, have an amputation, or who have a neurological disability such as cerebral palsy or spina bifida. Participant ages range, depending on the program, from 6 years through adulthood.
Calendar of events.
Endeavor Games for Athletes with Physical Disabilities
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond,OK
405-974-3144 Voice
kshaklee1@ucok.edu
www.ucok.edu/endeavorgames/
June 5 - 8, 2008, competitions will be offered in the following sports: Junior and Adult wheelchair basketball, powerlifting, track and field, tennis, table tennis, archery, rowing, sitting volleyball, and swimming. All the sporting events will be held on the campus of the University of Central
Oklahoma or at Edmond North High School in Edmond, OK.
The Oklahoma Paralympic Academy clinics will be Thursday, June 5th, available for athletes, classifiers and coaches to attend. It is a great opportunity for anyone interested in trying a new sport or learning a new skill. More information will be available in the registration guide.
Opening Ceremonies will be Friday evening, June 6th at Hamilton Field House on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma. The Ceremonies will feature the 2007 Endeavor Games video, a Parade of Athletes, and a special guest speaker.
After the conclusion of Saturday's competition, athletes, coaches and friends are invited to the Athlete Banquet being held at Hamilton Field House. We will recognize the Outstanding Junior and Senior Athlete, Volunteer of the Year and view the 2008 Highlight Video.
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd.
Chicago, IL
60608-6904
800-900-8086 Voice / TTY
312-355-4058 Fax
NCPAD is an information center concerned with physical activity and disability. Being active is an important part of getting and staying healthy. They have information and resources for every on from guidelines to consider before starting any kind of exercise program to fact sheets on many popular activities, games, recreational pursuits, and sports that have been adapted to allow people with disabilities to participate as fully as they wish, become as active as they wish.
They provide options and information to help people pursue whatever kind of activity they enjoy. Indoor or outdoor, recreational or competitive, solo or team, easy or intensive, NCPAD has the resources, contacts, and assistance anyone may need.
Okie Spokesmen
P.O. Box 57
Earlsboro,OK
74840
800-321-5041 Toll Free
405-997-3344 Voice
405-721-7168 Voice
Sponsors wheelchair basketball, softball tournaments, water skiing, snow skiing, scuba diving, fishing tournaments and other summer and winter sports. May host a 2007 state 9-ball pool tournament. People with various disabilities can participate in Spokesmen sports events, although some events must be played from wheelchairs.
Special Olympics
6835 S. Canton Ave.
Tulsa,OK
74136
800-722-9004 Toll Free
918-481-1234 Voice
918-496-1515 Fax
Year-round sports activities for individuals with disabilities. Call for information on events and for referral to local Special Olympics programs.
Tulsa Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges
815 S. Utica Ave.
Tulsa,OK
74104
918-584-8607 Voice
918-584-8646 Fax
The Center provides a wide variety of services for persons with physical challenges in three major program areas, rehabilitative services, adaptive recreation and community reintegration.
Rehabilitative services provides programs and classes that are designed to improve and/or maintain strength, endurance stamina and overall functional independence. They include: Individually designed rehabilitative exercise programs, Adaptive aerobic, stretching and toning classes, including seated and standing yoga, Breathing and Meditation, Leisure Education, Life Skills and more.
Adaptive recreation provide services that are designed to increase opportunities for challenging and enriching leisure and recreational experiences such as computer classes, creative cooking, creative writing, drawing and painting, handbuilding with clay, and mixed media sculpture, horticulture, and stained glass.
Community reintegration activities promote independence and help people with physical disabilities to participate in the fullest extent possible in the cultural, recreational and social life of the community. Participants enjoy bowling, horseback riding, going to movies, tandem biking, water aerobics, a variety of special outings, such as trips to local parks, theaters, concerts and a junior wheelchair sports program for children and youth with mobility impairments.
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