Sports & Recreation

Best Buddy Program. -  Several colleges participate. 

Miracle League – Forsyth provides physically and mentally challenged children a safe and spirited program in which they can hit, run, and catch on a baseball field – just like other kids. 

Miracle League – Newton County gives children/youth/adults with mental or physical disabilities the opportunity to play baseball! 

Miracle League – Fayette County.  Games are played at The Home Plate in Peachtree City. Contactromanos4@comcast.net or ohvango@comcast.net or jlamonde@bellsouth.net for more information. 

Miracle League – Rockdale County 

 Challenger Baseball Peachtree City. -  Contact Michelle Cole or register here. 

Horizon League Acworth, Georgia - A non-competitive baseball league for athletes with physical and or cognitive disabilities played on Horizon Field, 4000 South Main Street, Acworth 30101 

Chattooga Gymnastics - provides a variety of competitive and performance activities with mainstream and Special Olympic athletes. Marietta .

BEATS, Inc - in Canton provides hippotherapy and therapeutic riding to children and adults with special needs. 

Chastain Horse Park 

Calvin Center – Hampton 

Parkwood Farms Therapy Center– Snellville 

The Reece Center –  Palmetto 

Saddle Buddies Therapy – Gainesville 

Adaptive Aquatics of Georgia  - offers programs for infants (starting at 6 months), children, teens, and adults with disabilities.  Private, semi-private, small group, and inclusive group class options.  Classes include aquatic survival, fitness, stroke, and more. 

YMCA Gwinnett Family - offers 6 one on one 30 minute adaptive swim lessons emailRaquelT@ymcaatlanta.org or
call 770-513-5949 

Adaptive Tennis - at Blackburn Park

Special Pops Tennis - is a community-based program designed to reach and meet the needs of children aged 4-19 years with physical and/or mental disabilities. The program caters to player development rather than competition. 

BlazeSports - offers a variety of sports and physical activities for children with physical disabilities. 

Titans Wheelchair  Sports - primarily serves physically challenged young adults who have aged out of high school and who no longer have the opportunity to participate in youth athletic and social programs.

AAASP American Association of Adapted Sports -  develops and supports a standardized structure for school-based athletic competition to improve the well-being of students with physical disabilities. 

Special Olympics of Georgia - provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. 

Therabeat  - We Motivate Development Through Intentional Music Therapy Services. Our Team Is Dedicated To Enhancing The Lives Of Children And Families Through Music Therapy Interventions And Experiences. 

VSA Arts of Georgia
199 Armour Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
404-221-1270 

Full Radius Dance - Founded in 1990, Full Radius Dance is a physically integrated modern dance company that presents mature, choreographically complex works celebrating technique and physicality. Full Radius also offers lecture demonstrations, master classes and teacher training. 

PO Box 54453
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-734-9663

Extra Special People, Inc. - ESP empowers children with developmental disabilities to cultivate skills, self-confidence, and relationships through recreational therapy, community involvement, and the arts. With the support of volunteers and donors, the ESP team gives participants and their families acceptance, hope and the opportunity to not just survive, but to thrive.

189 VFW Drive
Po Box 615
Watkinsville, GA 30677
706-769-9333

The Frazier Center - Our greatest commitment is to foster the kinds of learning and social opportunities with adults and children that build sustaining friendships, that deepen on appreciations for diversity, and that recognize the gifts and talents of every individual in ways that celebrate those characteristics as essential to the vitality of the larger community.

1815 S. Ponce de Leon Ave
Atlanta, GA 
404-377-3836
Info@frazercenter.org