X-TREME SPORTS CAMP offers a one-of-a-kind
opportunity if you are between the ages of 10 and 21 and are into extreme sports. The
6-day camp is designed specifically for youth with physical disabilities to explore their
potential and try things they thought were impossible. Not only will campers try many
different extreme sports activities, they will be instructed by world-class wheelchair
athletes and other professionals selected for their expertise and training.
X-TREME SPORTS CAMP is the collaborative effort of
three of Texas’ best rehabilitation hospitals. St. David’s Medical Center in
Austin, TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research) in Houston and Warm Springs
Rehabilitation System in San Antonio are building on last year’s success to bring you
an annual X-TREME camping experience. Youth with disabilities such as spinal cord injury,
spina bifida, amputation, muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy are invited to attend.
Campers must be independent with all self-care including bowel and bladder, and must be
able to utilize a manual wheelchair for sports and recreation.
IN SAN ANTONIO, CONTACT WARM SPRINGS SPORTS:
210-592-5358 OR 1-800-451-1350
CAMP FOR ALL 6301 Rehburg Rd.
Burton, Texas 77835
409-289-3752
At Camp For All, extraordinary events happen everyday.
A blind child feels the breeze and the rhythm of the horse trotting beneath her,
A normally wheelchair-bound man canoes with ease across the lake and
you…what are your dreams?
Whether young or old, no matter what your physical limitations, you can
achieve at Camp For All, a place to experience the joy of the great outdoors
without barriers.
Come experience the freedom of Camp For All
The freedom to do the extraordinary!
C.A.M.P.
Children's
Association for Maximum Potential, Inc.
Camp
C.A.M.P. provides a wide range of recreational, rehabilitative, and
respite services for severely handicapped children and their families. Throughout the
summer, one week residential camping sessions are available. C.A.M.P. serves children who
are not able to attend other camps because of medical or physical handicapping conditions.
For this reason, medical personnel make up approximately 20% of the staff with volunteer
nurses and doctors assigned to each camp group.
Paula Gorman, Artistic Directress
8622 Starcrest, T-6
San Antonio, Texas 78217
210 - 590-3457
The Inflight
Dance Company is an integrated company incorporating able-bodied and wheelchair dancers.
At present, there are ten dancers which include five stand-up dancers and five seated
dancers.
Inflight is about movement
just for the pure joy of movement. It is not about perfect bodies and technique, or
uniformity of style. It is about dancers of all shapes and sizes expressing themselves in
their own way. It is all about integration of able-bodied and challenged dancers. Neither
part is "whole" without the other, nor complete without the other. The primary
focus of the Inflight Dance Company is to demonstrate that a disability is not a barrier
in the dance world.
"OBSTACLES
ARE THOSE FRIGHTFUL THINGS YOU SEE WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EYES OFF YOUR GOALS"
STEVE WELCH
USA PARA OLYMPIC TENNIS TEAM
Warm Springs
Wheelchair Sports Program
5101 Medical Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78229
210-592-5358
The focus of this program
is to provide various sports and recreation opportunities to persons with physical
disabilities to:
increase
independence
improve
physical condition
establish
new friendships
experience
teamwork & good sportsmanship
develop
& improve athletic skills
participate
at a level equal to their abilities
The staff at Warm Springs
Wheelchair Sports are always busy scheduling new, exciting events for the upcoming
season. The Sporting News newsletter is produced every three months to keep you
informed of the wheelchair sports events in the San Antonio area. Please check out
the Activities Calendar to choose the
sporting activities that interest you.
Texas
Adaptive Aquatics (TAA) features an outstanding
adaptive water skiing program allowing people with disabilities the opportunity to
discover the thrill and excitement of water skiing. The programs are available only to
physically and/or mentally challenged individuals or groups with the desire to learn how
to water ski for the first time, or to rediscover an activity thought to have been lost
due to an accident or injury. Water skiing instruction programs are available at all
levels from beginners to international competitors. TAA provides water skiing clinics
throughout the United States, and reaches hundreds of disabled persons each year.
17530 Old Evans Road
Selma, Texas 78154
210-651-9574
The
Saddle Light Center, located at the Retama
Polo Park, provides equestrian therapy for children, teenagers, and adults with a wide
range of disabilities including neurological, orthopedic, learning, and emotional
disabilities. With equestrian therapy, disabled riders participate in a mainstream sport,
not a "special" sport for the disabled, building pride and the sense of
accomplishment that comes to all riders.
Other Therapeutic Riding
Centers
Legends Equestrian
32772 FM 3351
Boerne, Texas 78006
210-885-2696
Specializing in Emotional Problems
Triple H Equitherapy Center (Certified)
789 Buchaus Rd.
Pipe Creek, Texas 78063
830-510-9515 (metro.
Seguin Horse Center
1124 Leissner School Rd
Seguin, Texas 78155
830-372-9413
National Sports
Associations
Association of Disabled
American Golfers
7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 350
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 220-0921
FAX (303) 843-9284
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
Charlotte Institute for Rehabilitation
1100 Blythe Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28203
(704) 355-1064
FAX (704) 446-4999
National Foundation of
Wheelchair Tennis
940 Calle Amanecer, Suite B
San Clemente, California 92673
(714) 361-3663
FAX 361-6603
American Handcycle Association
1744 Pepper Villa Drive
El Cajon, California 92021-1214
(619) 596-1986
Paraplegics On Independent
Nature Trips (POINT)
4144 N. Central Expressway,
Suite 515
Dallas, Texas 75204
(214) 827-7404
Disabled Sports USA
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 100
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(301) 217-0960
Wheelchair Athletics of the USA
30 Myano Lane
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
(203) 967-2231
United States Cerebral Palsy
Athletic Association Inc.
200 Harrison Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island 02840
(401) 848-2460
FAX (401) 574-9840
American Canoe Association
7432 Alban Station Boulevard,
Suite B-226
Springfield, Virginia 22150
(703) 451-0141
FAX (703) 451-2245
United States Quad
Rugby Association
309 Stoney Ford Road
Holland, Pennsylvania 18966
(215) 504-0443
FAX (215) 504-0445
Handicapped Scuba Association
1104 El Prado
San Clemente, California 92672
(714) 498-6128
