Tools · Adaptive
Sports for every kid.
ADHD, autism, sensory needs, physical disability, intellectual disability. The programs that exist. The accommodations that work. The conversations to have with coaches.
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ADHD athletes
Practice structure, medication and sport, the coach conversation.
- The ADHD athlete: practice structure, medication, and the coach conversation
Sport is one of the best things in an ADHD kid's life. The structure that makes it work, the medication question, and what to actually tell the coach.
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Autistic athletes
Sensory needs, predictable structure, finding the right program.
- The autistic athlete: predictable structure, sensory needs, finding the right program
What programs work, what to ask coaches, and the accommodations that make sports accessible for autistic kids across the spectrum.
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Sensory needs
Crowds, noise, equipment fit, transitions. Practical accommodations.
- Sensory needs on the sideline: equipment, transitions, the loud parts
Crowds, noise, equipment fit, transitions. Practical accommodations that work for kids with sensory processing differences.
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Unified Sports
Special Olympics Unified — athletes with and without disabilities on one team.
- Unified Sports: athletes with and without disabilities, one team
Special Olympics Unified — what it is, how to find it, why mainstream-track families should know about it too.