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1.  Adaptive Aquatics

  • Swimming
  • Overview: Private one on one swimming lessons for youth with disabilities.
  • Link: No Website Available 
  • Contact Information:
    • Phone: 402-896-4280
  • Location: Omaha, NE 68116


2. ALL PLAY Miracle League

  • Baseball
  • Overview: Athlete's disabilities may include: autism; cerebral palsy; spina bifida; visual impairments; muscular dystrophy; dwarfism; multiple sclerosis; spinal cord injury; down syndrome; amputations; and other physical and mental disabilities.
  • Contact Information:
    • Email: bfroendt@allplay.org
    • Phone: 402-305-5020
  • Location: 13414 Paul Street, Omaha, NE 68154


3. ASAP Aquatics Programs

  • Swimming
  • Overview: Private swimming lessons for children and adults with special needs.
  • Link: No Website Available 
  • Contact Information:
    • Email: services@asapaquatics.com
    • Phone: 402-895-7946
    • Mailing Address: 4780 S 131st St Ste 20, Omaha, NE 68137
  • Location: Omaha, NE



4.CHI Health Immanuel Rehabilitation Institute

  • Boccia, Cycling, Golf, Sitting Volleyball, Track and Field, Water Skiing, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, Wheelchair Softball, Wheelchair Tennis

  • Overview: Their mission is to promote community awareness of, and to create and provide access to opportunities for individual and team sports programming for adults and youth with physical disabilities in order to enhance the quality of life. The program also offers introductory clinics for sport and recreation opportunities one to two times per year, as well as weekly events.


5. Eastern Nebraska Wheelchair Association


6. Great Plains Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America

  • Air guns, Archery, Billiards, Bowling, Golf, Strengthening and conditioning, National Veterans Wheelchair Games (Archery, Air guns, Track, Basketball, Bowling, Hand cycling, Power soccer, Quad rugby, Softball, Swimming, Table tennis, Trapshooting, Weightlifting)


7. Gretna Soccer Club TOPSoccer Program – Special Strikers

  • Soccer
  • Overview: Gretna Elite Academy exists to empower members, strengthen families, and enrich our community by providing an unparalleled experience for all levels, needs, and abilities.
  • Contact Information:
    • Email:  jkarloff@cox.net
    • Phone: 402-332-4239
  • Location: 16491 Cinnamon Dr. Omaha, NE 68136


8. Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (HETRA)

  • Horseback riding
  • Overview: To improve the quality of life both physically and emotionally of adults and children of all ability levels through equine-assisted activities.
  • Contact Information:
    • Email: Edye@hetra.org
    • Phone: 402-359-8830
  • Location: 4906 South 180 Street Omaha, NE 68135



9. Nebraska Adaptive Sports (NAS)

  • Bocce ball, Goalball, Sitting Volleyball,  Snow Skiing, Track & Field, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby, Wheelchair Softball, Wheelchair Tennis


10. Special Olympics Nebraska

  • Basketball, Bocce, Bowling, Cross Country Skiing, Equestrian, Flag Football, Floor Hockey, Golf, Gymnastics, Powerlifting, Roller Skating, Skiing, Snowshoeing, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Unified Bowling, Bolleyball

  • Overview: Special Olympics Nebraska transforms the lives of over 7,500 individuals with and without disabilities through programming in sports, health, and education. We believe in ending discrimination and fear and building a future of justice and joy.

  • Link: https://www.sone.org/

  • Contact Information:

    • Phone: 402-331-5545 or 800-247-0105

    • Mailing Address: 11011 Q Street, Suite 104C Omaha, NE 68137-3700


11. National Wheelchair Softball Association (NWSA)

  • Softball
  • Overview: Wheelchair softball was born in the Midwest by a few individuals with spinal cord injuries and lower extremity impairments, who still wanted to enjoy America’s greatest pastime. These individuals needed to develop a way of playing without the full use of their legs that would allow easy maneuverability in a wheelchair and keep the fast pace of softball. Thus was born a new game played on hard surfaces, such as a parking lot, instead of the normal grassy infield, and a 16-inch softball, which allows wheelchair players to keep one hand one the wheelchair while catching a softball without a glove.In 1976, the National Wheelchair Softball Association (NWSA) was founded and served as the governing body for wheelchair softball in the United States and around the world. The game is played under the official rules of the 16-inch slow-pitch softball as approved by the Amateur Softball Association of America with some rule modifications that are made for the wheelchair user.  Teams throughout America compete on a regular basis and hosts several tournaments throughout the summer. NWSA holds the Wheelchair Softball World Series (WSWS) annually to determine an annual champion. Today, NWSA governs over 40 teams in the United States. Several teams have sought and found allegiance and sponsorship with their Major League Baseball (MLB) team counterparts, such as the , Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins, and San Francisco Giants. International teams are welcome to compete in the annual World Series.  Japan has sent a team to compete for several years, and Team USA Wheelchair Softball has traveled to Japan to compete.

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