Every person deserves the opportunity to experience the joy of sport.
We're expanding access to adaptive pickleball for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through innovative programming, expert coaching, and experiences designed around the individual.
Photo Credit: Forage Art House • Community Partner: Blossom
Photo Credit: Erin Calfa Weide • Community Partner: Balance
Opportunity changes everything.
Some of our greatest moments happen through play.
Learning something new, sharing a laugh, celebrating a small victory, feeling like part of a team.
These experiences shape confidence, friendships, health, and a sense of belonging. Yet for many individuals with IDD, access to recreation remains limited.
We're working to change that.
Success isn't one-size-fits-all.
For one participant, success might mean playing an entire game.
For another, it's making contact with the ball.
For someone else, it's simply stepping onto the court with the confidence to try.
We don't define success before someone arrives. We discover it alongside them, then intentionally design experiences that help them continue to grow.
When the experience is designed around the individual, possibility expands.
Photo Credit: Forage Art House • Community Partner: Blossom
Progress is measured in more than points.
We're committed to understanding the difference our programs make, not just on the court, but in people's lives.
Over the past year, 94% of participants left class feeling the same or better than when they arrived, and nearly one in three reported an immediate improvement in mood.
Those numbers reflect something we witness every week: when people feel supported, they thrive.
We're building what's next.
Every participant teaches us something.
Those insights are helping shape better coaching, adaptive equipment, intentional program design, and tools that can expand access well beyond our own community.
Everyone deserves the opportunity to experience the lifelong benefits of recreation, no matter where they live or how much they earn.
Photo Credit: Forage Art House • Community Partner: Blossom
Photo Credit: Forage Art House • Community Partner: Blossom
More possibilities begin here.
Whether you're looking for a program, hoping to volunteer, interested in partnering with us, or investing in a healthier, more connected future, you're helping create opportunities that didn't exist before.
Together, we're building a future where more individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities have the chance to play, grow, connect, and thrive.