Arts, Sports and Rec Resources

Arts resources for children and adults.

National Arts and Disability Center  

Promotes the full inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities.  Covers all areas of the arts community.

Christoper &  Dana Reeve Foundation Art and Creativity

Local and regional resources for arts and music.

Special Needs Arts Programs (SNAP), Inc.

Sports and Rec resources for children and adults

Massachusetts Special Olympics

Directory of athletic events in Massachusetts.

Move United

National network of more than 180 local member organizations. Move United serves over 80,000 individuals with disabilities of all ages each year.

New England Adaptive Sport Organizations 

List of many groups that offer adaptive sports for New England youth and adults.  Programs focus on visual or mobility impairments.

• Access Sports America Acton
• Adaptive Sports New England Boston
• All Out Adventure Northampton
• Boston Renegades Beep Baseball Team Watertown
• Cape Cod Curling Club Wheelchair Curling Falmouth
• CHD All In (Barrier Free Recreation) Springfield
• Community Boating Boston
• Community Rowing Brighton
• Franciscan Children’s Adaptive Sports Program Brighton
• Holyoke Rows Holyoke
• Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Universal Access Amherst
• Piers Park Sailing Center East Boston
• Pleasant Bay Community Boating Adaptive Programs Harwich
• South Coast Wheelchair Tennis South Eastern
• Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers Boston
• Waypoint Adventure Lexington

SPED Child & Teen 

Special-Needs Recreation Events & Programs in Massachusetts. Includes camps, activities  and events.

Actors with Disabilities in Film/Hollywood

This web page has in-depth information on disabilities and acting. It shows how people with disabilities are portrayed in the world of acting. It shows actors who have disabilities in film and Hollywood. It is important to have this type of representation in cinema.