Staying active while living with disabilities is important for your health. Physical activity can help you strengthen your heart, muscles, and bones and improve coordination. It also can help you feel better about yourself. There are many adaptive sports and recreation programs that can be enjoyed for health, wellness, leisure, social, and competition benefits.
Sportable provides adaptive sports and recreation opportunities in the Richmond Metro area...to transform the lives of people with physical and visual disabilities through sport.
Get the Facts from the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) is a physical activity and health guide with valuable information on fitness and nutrition.
The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) is a public health practice and resource center on health promotion for people with disabilities. NCHPAD seeks to help people with disability and other chronic health conditions achieve health benefits through increased participation in all types of physical and social activities, including fitness and aquatic activities, recreational and sports programs, adaptive equipment usage, and more.
Learn more about the value and benefit of physical and leisure activity across the lifespan for individuals of all abilities in this Age in Action newsletter.