CAREGIVER • SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021 • 9
Find an adaptive sport near you
Looking for an opportunity to play adaptive sports in the Western Pennsylvania
area? Whether on water, snow, ice or dry land, there are many
options for individuals with a wide variety of disabilities to take part in
both individual and team sports in the area. Here is a list of some of the
offerings.
DYNAMIC PADDLERS
The Pittsburgh-based organization
offers personalized kayak and canoe
instruction as well as group training for
youth and adults of all abilities from
around Southwestern Pennsylvania.
www.dynamicpaddlers.com.
MIGHTY PENGUINS
SLED HOCKEY
The organization has teams ranging
from novice, which is open to anyone
regardless of disability and offers a
place to learn the sport of sled hockey,
to junior, adult and senior teams to
allow athletes to grow within the sport
and find increasing levels of competition.
Players on the senior team can
use it as a springboard to playing the
sport at a national level. www.penguinssledhockey.
org.
MIRACLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Miracle League baseball is open to
children with adults with physical and
mental disabilities. There are a number
of different organizations throughout
the Western Pennsylvania area, and
their individual websites are listed
below:
Miracle League of Southwestern
Pa. (Cranberry Township) www.
mlswpa.org.
Miracle League of Moon Township
www.miraclesinmoon.org
Miracle League of the South Hills
www.miracleleaguesouthhills.org
Miracle League of Western Pa.
(Murrysville) www.mlwpa.org
Miracle League of Pennsylvania’s
Laurel Highlands www.mlplh.org
Miracle League of Indiana County
www.icymca.org
Miracle League of Blair County
(Altoona) www.pamiracleleague.com
PITTSBURGH ADAPTIVE
SPORTS NETWORK
Want to stay up on active, adaptive
events around the area? Check out
Pittsburgh Adaptive Sports Network’s
Facebook page to keep up with the
latest happenings. www.facebook.com/
adaptPGH.
PITTSBURGH CURLING CLUB
The Pittsburgh Curling Club is looking
for Pennsylvania residents with
spinal cord injuries or disorders to learn
the sport of wheelchair curling. They’re
holding their next wheelchair learn to
curl event from noon to 2:30 p.m. May
15. www.facebook.com/pittsburghcurlingclub.
PITTSBURGH RHINOS
BLIND HOCKEY
The organization offers the chance
for visually impaired athletes to play ice
hockey and practices at Center Ice in
Delmont. The majority of the athletes
are under the age of 18. www.pittsburghblindhockey.
com.
PITTSBURGH
STEELWHEELERS
The Steelwheelers is not only your
Western Pennsylvania home for wheelchair
rugby, but also offers wheelchair
basketball and hand cycling. The nonprofit,
founded in 1977, was one of the
first of its kind in the area to provide
programs for physically challenged
athletes. www.steelwheelers.com.
THREE RIVERS ADAPTIVE
SPORTS
The Pittsburgh-based organization’s
mission is to “promote quality of life,
education and to provide quality yearround
sports and recreation opportunities
for people with disabilities, their
families and friends.” They offer individuals
the opportunity to participate
in such sports as bowling, skiing and
cycling. www.traspa.org.
THREE RIVERS ROWING
The organization operates out of
Washington’s Landing on the Allegheny
River and gives athletes 12 and
older who have disabilities the chance
to enjoy rowing. No prior experience
is necessary. Rowing classifications
include PR1 for athletes with limited
trunk control, PR2 for those only able
to use their trunk muscles, and PR3
for those who are able to use at least
one leg, their trunk and their arms, and
for those with visual impairments or
cognitive impairments. If interested in
participating or volunteering email mattlogue@
threeriversrowing.org to join
the mailing list. www.threeriversrowing.
org/adaptive.
VIRTUAL ADAPTIVE
WORKOUTS
Looking for an adaptive workout that
can be done at home? University of
Pittsburgh physical therapy students
are hosting virtual training sessions every
Tuesday at 7 p.m. that are recorded
and can be done live or later on. www.
facebook.com/PittVATS.
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