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The National Spina Bifida Association

The National Spina Bifida Association website, where you can find various information about conducted Spina Bifida studies, and information as well as, resources about Spina Bifida for all ages.

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Babycenter

A support group to help all new parents around the globe.

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USA Tech guide

A website of reviews on wheelchairs and other assistive technology.

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Colours in Motion

For all things wheelchairs and wheelchair products contact our Sponsor Colours.

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Waisman Center

Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.

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Daily Strength

A blog page for the Spina Bifida commmunity to connect with others dealing with similar and/or different issues.

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Spinalistips

Website with many ideas on how to do simple everyday tasks for spinalcord injuries.

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Abilities Expo

Think you’ve hit the peak of your abilities? Think again. Abilities live events and online resources deliver game-changing technologies, products, services and education to help our dynamic disability community break barriers and push past limits.

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Miracle Legue of San Diego

Adapted baseball for physically disabled children.

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San Diego adaptive sports foundation

To improve the quality of life for children and adults with physical disabilities through sports & recreation.

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Challenged Athletes Foundation

Provides many different resources and programs for individuals with any disability and their families.

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Wheelchair Dancers Organization

Wheelchair Dancers Organization - for kids up to adults.

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Resounding Joy

Resounding Joy making music, happiness and health.

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The Painted Turtle

Innovative camp for kid's with serious illnesses, and their families.

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Challenged Athletes Foundation

Support given to individuals with physical disabilities, so that they may become more easily involved in a more physically active life. Including: Junior Seau Foundation Adaptive Surf Program

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Battaglia & Dekoniong

Special Needs Trust & Estate Planning Specialists.

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Adaptive Freedom Foundation

Adaptive Freedom Foundation is dedicated to offering open water experiences for people with disabilities including those that are excluded from participation. Adaptive Freedom Foundation adapts oceanic activity promoting accessibility and inclusion.

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Adaptive Sport Center

The Adaptive Sports Center enhances the quality of life of people with disabilities through exceptional outdoor adventure activities. The successful programs the ASC provides are inclusive to families and friends, empower our participants in their daily lives and have a positive enduring effect on self-efficacy, health, independence and overall well-being.

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Ainsley’s Angels of America

Ainsley’s Angels of America aims to build awareness about America’s special needs community through inclusion in all aspects of life. Serving as advocates to providing education and participating as active members in local communities, the organization believes that everyone deserves to be included.

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Angel City Sports

Angel City Sports is leading the Paralympic movement in Southern California, creating sports opportunities for anyone with a physical disability.

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Barnes Tennis Center

Barnes Tennis Center has an active Wheelchair Program for adults and juniors of all levels. This Center offers a tennis program with friendly instructors who are happy to work with disabled beginners, and intermediate or advanced players.

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BlazeSports America

Blazesports is a nonprofit organization that advances the lives of youth and adults with physical disability through sports and healthy lifestyles. BlazeSports provides sports training, competitions, summer camps and other sports and recreational opportunities for youth and adults with spinal cord injury, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, muscular dystrophy, amputation, visual impairment or blindness, as well as other physical disabilities.

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Boundless Playgrounds

Boundless Playgrounds, Inc. is the nation’s leading nonprofit developer of truly inclusive playgrounds where children – and adults – of all abilities can play together in a fun and welcoming environment.

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Casa Colina Outdoor Adventures

Casa Colina’s Therapeutic Recreation and Outdoor Adventures, a program that focuses on empowering people with disabilities by creating opportunities through challenging and exciting activities. By focusing on abilities, not disabilities, the program enables its members to experience success both physically and emotionally.

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Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association

CPISRA is the leading international sports organization governing and promoting sport and recreation for cerebral palsy and related neurological conditions.

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Challenge Air

Challenge Air for Kids and Friends, a not-for-profit organization, offers motivational, inspirational and life-changing experiences to physically challenged children and youth through aviation.

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Challenged Athlete Association

A unique organization that recognizes the athletic greatness inherent in all people with physical challenges and supports their athletic endeavors by providing grants for training, competition and equipment needs.

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Challenge Aspen

Challenge Aspen is dedicated to impacting lives by presenting meaningful recreational, cultural and educational experiences to individuals faced with cognitive or physical challenges. The aim of Challenge Aspen is to carefully orchestrate life changing adventures, giving participants the courage to learn something new, trust their own abilities and carry that ideal forward, reaching toward goals in other areas of their lives.

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Challenge Center

The Challenge Center is committed to providing skilled physical therapy and specialized fitness and wellness programs to rehabilitate realize the highest level of independence and improve the quality of like for children, adults and seniors with severe physical disabilities, as well as their families and caregivers.

Phone: 619-667-8644

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Challenge Sailors San Diego

Challenge Sailors San Diego provides therapeutic and recreational adaptive sailing opportunities for people with disabilities to enhance their dignity, well being and independence.

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Crossroads Adaptive Athlete Alliance

Crossroads Adaptive Athletic Alliance is the only 501(c)(3) nonprofit of its kind – building a stronger community for adaptive athletes and their coaches. It helps athletes with permanent needs participate in life-changing fitness opportunities through education, grants and competition.

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Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra

Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra is a volunteer-based nonprofit dedicated to changing the lives of children and adults with disabilities and their families. We believe the freedom and exhilaration of outdoor challenges changes lives. No one should be left behind simply because of a disability!

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Flaghouse

FlagHouse is a premier global supplier of equipment and resources for physical education, sports, fitness, and recreation and for health, special needs, special education, sensory integration, and multisensory environments. We offer more than 20,000 innovative and quality products and solutions to enhance the lives of people of all ages and abilities.

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Ivey Ranch

Ivey Ranch Park is dedicated to encourage the interaction of disabled and able-bodied children, of all ages, by providing educational and recreational activities. Since 1983 we have served children and adults with disabilities but will not exclude the able-bodied, since integration, inclusion and interaction are important components of our program. Currently, over two-thirds of our children here at the Ivey Ranch Child Development Center have moderate to severe disabilities which include behavioral disorders, genetic disorders, and disabilities caused by accident or trauma. School-age children come for after-school, summer and off-track care. The Center also operates a preschool, in-home respite services, and summer camp.

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National Ability Center

The National Ability Center is committed to the development of lifetime skills for people of all ages and abilities by providing affordable outdoor sports and recreational experiences in a nurturing environment. The objective of these experiences is to build self-esteem, confidence and physical development, thereby enhancing active participation in all aspects of community life. As a national role model, the Center promotes the concept of ability through integration, public awareness and education.

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National Sports Center for the Disabled

National Sports Center for the Disabled’s mission is to positively impact the lives of people with any physical or mental challenge through quality adaptive recreation programs in over 20 sports.

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National Wheelchair Basketball Association

FIn our pursuit of excellence, the National Wheelchair Basketball Association provides qualified individuals with physical disabilities the opportunity to play, learn and compete in the sport of wheelchair basketball.

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Ocean Healing Group Adaptive Surfing

Ocean Healing is a fully ADA-compliant and wheelchair-accessible retreat, where our surf coaches take on the kids (caregiving as well), teaching them how to surf, swim, play on the beach, go on nature rides, explore, etc. The parents, on the other hand, can relax, unwind, and enjoy themselves, without having to worry about constantly supervising their child or taking care of the day-to-day routines associated with their special needs…This way, both the kids and the parents get to have a blast and enjoy all of the many great things Costa Rica has to offer!

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PossAbilities

PossAbilities is a free, non-profit community outreach program operated by Loma Linda University Health. Its goal is to provide those with permanent physical disabilities support and resources to stay active and healthy in life.

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Race Running USA

RaceRunning is an international disability sport in which children and adults compete with running bikes on an athletics track. Events range from 40 to 3000 meters. Competitors are classified based on their disability and race against other competitors in their class. Currently there are only a few dozen RaceRunners in the USA.

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San Diego Sled Hockey Program

The mission of the San Diego Sled Hockey Program is to provide a USA Hockey and U.S. Paralympic-recognized sled hockey program including clinics, recreational and competitive teams, and resources for those interested in pursuing national, international, and Paralympic competition for San Diego-based disabled athletes.

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SoCal Adaptive Sports

SoCal Adaptive Sports’ mission is to enable people with disability to participate inclusively throughout society by creating greater equity and inclusion through developing, planning and implementing competitive and recreational sports and other opportunities. Serves the Riverside and other Southern California communities.

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Surf and Turf Therapy

Surf and turf therapy provides therapy services targeting traditional, functional goals using non-traditional approaches, including surfing, horseback riding and community-based activities. These unique approaches offer unparalleled opportunities to address deficits in strength, stability, body awareness, coordination, safety awareness, tone management, flexibility, attention and sensory integration. The focus of treatment is to improve daily life skills, such as walking, postural alignment, talking and writing, rather than simply teaching individuals how to surf or ride.

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The Miracle League

The Miracle League is a charitable organization that provides children with mental and/or physical challenges with opportunity to play baseball as a team member in an organized league.

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Trinity Riding Center

People with physical, mental and physiological impairments may use equine activities — adapted as needed — as a recreation and leisure experience. The emphasis is on an enjoyable and relaxing experience that provides additional therapeutic benefits in the areas of socialization, posture, mobility, and an overall improved quality of life. Individuals may participate in horse related activities to their maximum ability in an atmosphere of support, structure and socialization for the primary purpose of the natural enjoyment of the activity.

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Triumph Foundation

Triumph Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to help children, adults and veterans with spinal cord injury/disorder to triumph over their disability and to inspire them to keep moving forward with their lives by pushing themselves to get better every day. The organization works to minimize the obstacles that one faces after suffering traumatic injury by  providing resources, hope and security to people living with paralysis – not just initially when the injury occurs, but as a lifelong support network. Additionally, the foundation holds events.

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USARC-US Adaptive Recreation Center

Offers summer and winter adaptive recreation programs and camps.

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Wheelchair Dancers

A program which offers ballroom and latin dancing for people with disabilities.

Phone: 858-573-1571

E-Mail: info@wheelchairdancers.org

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