Special Needs Children
Information for parents of special needs children – education, resources, outreach, and support – can be found through these organizations. Information for children with disabilities, regardless of type of disability.
Organizations
AbilityPLUS is a nonprofit organization located in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. We are dedicated to helping disabled people of all abilities realize their dreams of inclusion through adaptive skiing and other recreation opportunities.
Access and Ability advocates and provides support services for all people with disabilities. Their focus is on special needs children and those learning the English language.
Access to Sailing provides therapeutic rehabilitation to disabled and disadvantaged children and adults, through interactive sailing outings.
Beaver Creek Adaptive Ski Program
The Beaver Creek Adaptive Ski Snowsports School program is recognized as a leader in providing first-class instruction and training to people of all disabilities, both physical and cognitive. We provide instruction in alpine skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing.
Challenge Aspen is dedicated to impacting lives by presenting meaningful recreational, cultural and competitive experiences to individuals faced with cognitive or physical challenges.
Helping the physically impaired and mentally challenged achieve their maximum potential through outdoor therapeutic recreation.
To offer services and support to people who are physically or mentally challenged, and to their families, enhancing their ability to grow, develop and function as valued contributing members of their communities.
Courage Camps offer safe, accessible, natural environments where children and adults with physical disabilities, sensory and language impairments, and other disabilities or illnesses discover abilities they never knew they had or they thought they had lost.
To provide the opportunity for individuals with disabilities to gain confidence and dignity through participation in sports, recreation and related educational programs.
Dogs for Autism provides trained service dogs for children in autism in the Greenville, SC area.
