SPORTS, RECREATION, AND LEISURE
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Accent on Living
mail: P.O. Box 700, Bloomington, IL 61702
voice: 800-787-8444
Books and video cassettes for adults with physical disabilities. Of interest here are Easy Access to National Parks, Access Travel U.S.A., and several video cassettes on aerobic exercises while seated.
Access to Recreation
mail: P.O. Box 5072-430, Thousand Oaks, CA 91359-5072
fax: 805-498-8186
voice: 800-634-4351, 805-498-7535
Sports equipment for people with physical disabilities. Of interest here are a ramp for a bowling ball, giant-sized playing cards (7"x5.5"), low vision playing cards, video cassette Arthritis Foundation's Pool Exercise, and book Sports and Recreation for the Disabled (which includes a directory of 200 athletic and recreational programs).
Access to Travel Magazine, Inc.
mail: P.O. Box 43, Delmar, NY 12054-1105
fax: 518-439-9004
voice: 518-439-4146
Contains articles related to travel by persons with special needs, including reviews of facilities and personal stories.
Accessible Alaska Adventures
mail: P.O. Box 9133, Anchorage, AK 99509-1333
internet: http://alaskan.com/vendors/welcome.html
e-mail: awy@customcpu.com
voice and TTY: 800-349-6301, 907-349-6301
Accessible Games
internet: http://www.jokerdog.com
The following games for the computer are accessible by people using "Jaws For Windows" version 3.3 or higher: BlackJack, Battleship, FreeCell, Memory, Simon, Yahtzee.
Accessible Tours -- a division of Directions Unlimited
contact: Lois Bonanni
mail: 220 North Bedford Road, Bedford Hills, NY 10507
fax: 914-241-0243
voice: 800-533-5343, 914-241-1700
Tours for people with disabilities, including blindness.
Adventures in Movement for the Handicapped [AIM]
mail: 945 Danbury Road, Dayton, OH 45420
e-mail: AIMkids@aol.com
fax: 513-294-3783
voice: 800-332-8210, 513-294-4611
Created, promotes, and teaches an innovative adaptive physical education curriculum for the visually impaired, hearing impaired, and physically handicapped.
Airports Council International -- North America
mail: 1220 19th Street, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036
fax: 202-331-1362
Book Access Travel: Airports, 6th Edition. Included are lists of the voice and TTY numbers of all the major U.S.A. airline, hotel, and rental car franchises. The entire text is available at the Consumer Information Center's web site at http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/trav&hob/other/access.txt
Alpha-One
mail: 127 Main Street, South Portland, ME 04106
internet: http://www.alpha-one.org/owaters.htm
e-mail: jim_hanoian@alpha-one.org
fax: 207-799-8346
voice and TTY: 800-640-7200, 207-767-2189
Book A Guide to Making Scuba Diving Training Accessible to People with Disabilities.
American Blind Bowling Asociation
mail: 150 West Bellaire Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206
internet: http://announce.com/abba
e-mail: wnettles@erols.com
voice: 716-823-2819
American Camping Association
mail: 5000 State Road 67 North, Martinsville, IN 46151
internet: http://www.aca-camps.org/places.htm
fax: 765-342-2065
voice: 800-428-2267, 765-342-8456
Book Guide to A.C.A. Accredited Camps, which includes a list of specialized camps for children with disabilities.
American Dance Therapy Association
mail: 2000 Century Plaza, Suite 108, Columbia, MD 21044
internet: http://www.adta.org
e-mail: info@adta.org
fax: 410-997-4048
voice: 410-997-4040
Call for a brochure which explains dance therapy.
American West Airlines
TTY: 800-526-8077
voice: 800-235-9292
Has a free booklet Tips for Passengers with Special Needs.
Amtrak Distribution Center
mail: P.O. Box 7717, Itasca, IL 60143
Brochure Access Amtrak, outlines services to disabled travelers.
Anderson, Jim
mail: 56 Craven Place S.E., Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7T1 CANADA
internet: http://www.inter.ab.ca/rickshaw/
e-mail: janderso@telusplanet.net
voice: 403-527-9018
The "Rick Shaw" is a child's carrier with two large wheels, which is attached to the back of an adult's bicycle and pulled along behind.
ARTSLINE
mail: 54 Chalton Street, London NW1 1HS UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: artsline@dircon.co.uk
fax: 0171 383 2658
voice: 0171 388 2227
"London's information and advice service for disabled people on arts and entertainment", they publish guides on accessibility of theaters, music venues, visitors' spots, and places of interest to children.
Association of Science and Technology Centers [ASTC]
mail: 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005
internet: http://www.astc.org
e-mail: info@astc.org
fax: 202-783-7207
voice: 202-783-7200
This is an organization of hands-on science centers. They publish User-Friendly Hands-On Exhibits That Work by Jeff Kennedy $25.00.
Audio Optics
mail: 24 Hutton Avenue #26, West Orange, NJ 07052
voice: 973-736-5490
Sells classic and contemporary video movies with description added for the visually impaired.
Bavisoft
mail: P.O. Box Number 8, Dewitt, NY 13214 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.bavisoft.com
e-mail: sales@bavisoft.com
Computer games that can be played by people with "Jaws for Windows" on their computers.
Blind Bodybuilders Association
mail: 2314 River Park Circle #2111, Orlando, FL 32817-4828 U.S.A.
Blue Ridge Radio Players
mail: P.O. Box 933, Hendersonville, NC 28793-0933
voice: 828-692-0621
This acting troupe produces half-hour dramas on audio cassette.
Blue Sky Cycle Carts
mail: P.O. Box 5788, Bend, OR 97708
voice: 800-669-1753, 541-383-7109
Sells an extra-large bicycle trailer for children and adults, which can carry up to 200 pounds.
Boy Scouts of America -- Scouting for the Handicapped
mail: P.O. Box 152079, Irving, TX 75015-2079
voice: 800-323-0723, 972-580-2000
Publications include: Scouting for the Blind and Visually Impaired (No. 33063) and others regarding other conditions (deafness, learning disabilities, etc.); A Scoutmaster's Guide to Working with Scouts with Disabilities; and Understanding Cub Scouts with Disabilities (No. 33839). For manuals in alternative formats, contact Recording for the Blind, the National Library Service, and The Lighthouse for the Blind in Houston.
Braille Music Camp
location: AUSTRALIA
voice: (02) 4871 1086
This is a national camp for braille readers who must be interested in learning braille music. For ages 10 years and up. One week in July each year in Mittagong. Blind professionals teach. 1999's camp was July 3 to 10.
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center
mail: P.O. Box 697, Breckenridge, CO 80424
internet: http://www.brecknet.com/boec
e-mail: BOEC@colorado.net
fax: 970-453-4676
voice: 970-453-6422
Skiing instruction for disabled individuals in the winter. May be able to accommodate those coming on a vacation; call well ahead and ask for "open enrollment application".
Bridge for the "Challenged"
internet: http://rgb.anu.edu.au/Bridge/Interesting-Threads/Bridge-for-challenged
Tips to help blind bridge players participate in tournaments.
California School for the Blind
mail: 500 Walnut Avenue, Fremont, CA 94536
internet: http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/State-Spec_Schools/for-the-Blind/
fax: 510-794-3813
voice: 510-794-3800 x262
Has applications for a chidlren's summer space camp in California. Applications are accepted many months before the actual camp, so call far in advance.
Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association
mail: P.O. Box 398, ON K0G 1N0 CANADA
internet: http://www.crca.ca/
e-mail: staff@crca.ca
fax: 613-269-2908
voice: 613-269-2910
People with visual impairments are invited to join their scheduled canoeing trips, which are held in several Canadian provinces. They will plan special trips as requested.
Canadian Transportation Agency
mail: Ottawa, ON K1A 0N9 CANADA
internet: http://www.cta-otc.gc.ca
fax: 819-953-6019
TTY: 819-953-9705, 800-669-5575
voice: 819-997-6828, 800-883-1813
Booklets which outline accessibility regulations in Canada, complaint procedures, tips for improving access (in French and English, in regular print and braille), and a new one Taking Charge of the Air Travel Experience--A Guide for Persons with Disabilities.
Challenge Aspen
mail: P.O. Box M, Aspen, CO 81612
voice: 970-923-0578
Provides free skiing instruction for persons with physical or mental disabilities.
Challenged Athletes, Inc.
mail: P.O. Box 421052, San Diego, CA 92142
A non-profit fund-raising organization which wants to award grants to disabled athletes so that they can afford training, equipment, and competition. For information, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Colonial Birdhouses
mail: P.O. Box 1116, Berlin, MA 01503-2116
fax: 508-838-2608
voice: 800-831-2473, 508-838-2601
Kits to assemble into bird houses shaped like architecture of the U.S.A. east coast. Require minimal measurement and trimming.
Colorado Center for the Blind
mail: 2232 S. Broadway, Denver, CO USA
voice: 303-778-1130
They have a summer program.
Columbia Medical Manufacturing Corp.
mail: P.O. Box 633, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
fax: 310-305-1718
voice: 310-454-6612
Sells adaptive seating equipment for children, including beach chair, bath support, and a large car seat (for children up to 102 pounds).
Congregation of the Holy Cross
mail: Tom Carten, 1602 King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0801
voice: 717-826-5811
Worldradio, monthly on audio cassette. Amateur radio news and information. Regular column on "handicapped hams".
Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group
mail: Box 8128, Pocatello, ID 83201
internet: http://www.isu.com/deparments/cwhog
e-mail: BRANJEFF@FS.ius.edu
voice: 208-236-3912
Courage Handi-Ham Systems
mail: Courage Center, 3915 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN 55422
internet: http://www.mtn.org/handiham
e-mail: handiham@mtn.org
voice: 612-520-0515
Program of instruction and support for disabled people, including blind, who wish to become ham radio operators. Conducts ham radio camps yearly in Malibu, California and in Minnesota. Newsletter Handi-Ham World (regular print, audio cassette, diskette).
Descriptive Video Service
mail: P.O. Box 64428, St. Paul, MN 55164
internet: http://www.wgbh.org/dvs
e-mail: dvs@wgbh.org
voice: 800-333-1203, 612-637-4704
Adds descriptions for persons with visual impairments to many family-oriented major motion pictures on video cassette. Call here for information; call Full Perspective Video to purchase.
Dialysis at Sea Cruises
mail: P.O. Box 218, Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785
internet: http://www.dialysis-at-sea.com
e-mail: DASC@dialysis-at-sea.com
voice: 800-544-7604
Cruises for people on dialysis.
Disabled Sports U.S.A.
mail: 1145 19th St. NW, Suite 717, Washington, DC 20036
internet: http://www.dsafa.org/~dsusa/dsusa.html
e-mail: dsus@dfusa.org
fax: 301-217-0968
voice: 301-217-0960 x6
Provides sports opportunities for people with disabilities, including summer games and a "Ski Spectacular" in the winter. Local chapters may have camping trips.
Disneyland -- Guest Relations
location: Anaheim, CA
internet: http://www.disneyland.com
TTY: 714-781-4569
voice: 714-999-4550
Descriptions of this amusement park, including attractions, are available in braille and on audio cassette.
Enchanted Hills Camp of Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
mail: 3410 Mr. Veeder Road, Napa, CA 94558
internet: http://www.napanet/organizations/js/enchant.html
voice: 415-431-1481
Summer residential camp serving blind, deafblind, and multiply impaired children and adults.
Forestry Suppliers, Inc.
mail: P.O. Box 8397, Jackson, MS 39284-8397
fax: 800- 543-4203
voice: 800-647-5368
Sells outdoors educational supplies, including orienteering equipment, water testing kits, weather instruments, etc. Has raised-relief maps and rocks/minerals sample kit, model solar system.
Foundation for the Junior Blind
mail: 5300 Angeles Vista Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90043
fax: 323-296-0424
voice: 323-295-4555
Summer camps for children and youth with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities.
Frank's Cane and Rush Supply
mail: 7252 Heil Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
internet: http://www.franksupply.com
e-mail: franks@franksupply.com
fax: 714-843-5645
voice: 714-847-0707
Catalog full of instructions and supplies for cane and rush crafts projects, including basketry supplies. Also flute kit and booklet Craft Project Planner.
Full Perspective Video
voice: 317-579-0439
Sells video cassettes of movies produced by Descriptive Video Service. (See above.)
G M A Games
internet: http://www.gmagames.com/
e-mail: davidgreenwood@gmagames.com
"Accessible Windows-based games for the visually impaired community. "
Goalball
contact: Dennis Hamilton
internet: http://cuug.ab.ca:8001/~hamiltod/goalball/goalball.html
e-mail: hamiltod.cuug.ab.ca
Information on the sport of goalball (for the blind), including history, rules, tournaments, and the Paralympics.
Goalball Homepage, The
internet: http://www.thehub.com.au/~doggie/goalball.html
Description of the sport of goalball (for the blind), including history and rules.
Great American Trading Company
mail: 90 Willow Springs Circle, York, PA 17402
fax: 717-764-5526
voice: 800-225-7449
Wooden editions of traditional board games, including chess, checkers, and mancala. There are several other games which are 3-D (tactual). Get a catalog!
Handi-Capable in the Media,Inc.
mail: 1630 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite 175, Duluth, GA 30136
e-mail: handi4858@aol.com
voice: 701-521-8599
Their catalog "Video Guide" offers films and videos that cover the interests and special needs of persons with disabilities.
Handicapped Scuba Association
mail: 1104 El Prado, San Clemente, CA 92672
internet: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hsahdq
e-mail: livelys@sprynet.com
voice and fax: 949-498-6128
Contact them for an instructor near you (their list has them in all 50 states of the U.S.A. and 35 other countries).
Horizons for the Blind
mail: 16A Meadowdale Center, Carpentersville, IL 60110
fax: 847-836-1443
voice and TTY: 847-836-1400
Patterns for knitting and crocheting and cooking recipes in large print and braille, gardening information, tactile pictures, and audio.
Hospital Audiences, Inc.
mail: 220 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036
internet: http://www.hospaud.org
fax: 212-575-7669
TTY: 212-575-7673
voice: 888-424-4685, 212-575-7676
Their toll-free line is for information on accessible media, activities, and tourist accommodations in New York City.
Human Kinetics
fax: 217-351-1549; 519-971-9797
voice: 800-747-4457 from U.S.A.; 800-465-7301 from Canada;
217-351-5076 (U.S.A.); 519-971-9500 (Canada)
Book Games for People with Sensory Impairments, includes 70 ready-to-use games which can be played by people with vision or hearing impairments.
In-Sight
mail: 43 Jefferson Blvd., Warwick, RI USA
voice: 401-941-3322
Free camp in July for children ages 7 to 14 who are blind or have visual impairments. Offers numerous activities, field trips and skills training.
International Blind Sport Ranking
internet: http://members.xoom.com/blindsport/
This site provides the records and rankings held by the top performers in many sports for the blind.
International Sports Association of the Blind [IBSA]
contact: Mr. Michel Berthezene, Secretariat
mail: c/o Federation Francaise Handisport, 42 Rue Louis Lumiere, 75020 Paris FRANCE
fax: 33 1 4031 4542
voice: 33 1 4031 4500
José Can You See?
contact: Jerry Kuns
mail: P.O. Box 426139, San Francisco, CA 94102
e-mail: 103350.3713@compuserve.com
fax: 415-863-8260
voice: 415-552-5673
Mr. Kuns will provide "blind guided walking tours" of San Francisco. $100 for group of 6 for a half day. He also sells T-shirts with the company logo (brailled) and drawings of famous San Francisco landmarks.
Just Two Bikes, Inc.
mail: 4821 Washington Avenue, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
e-mail: 74771.2737@compuserve.com
fax: 612-653-9444
voice: 800-499-1548, 612-426-1548
Manufactures a dual recumbent cycle that seats two passengers side by side.
Kia Kaha Blind Hockey Club
internet: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jmcaskil/hockey/home.html
e-mail: justicem@ihug.co.nz
This organization in New Zealand plays a form of field hockey on a tennis court. This site lists their rules and shows pictures of them playing.
Lighthouse for the Blind
mail: P.O. Box 13435, Houston, TX 77219
voice: 713-527-9561
Can provide the Boy Scout Handbook in braille, also Wolf, Tiger, and Bear, along with the Brownie Girl Scout Handbook (all older editions).
Lions Camp Merrick
location: Washington, DC U.S.A.
voice: 301-577-8057
Summer camps for ages 6 to 15, serving deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, and sight-impaired children. New diabetes camp.
Lions' Helen Diller Vacation Home For Blind Children
mail: 125 107th Street, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247 U.S.A.
internet: http://community.nj.com/cc/helendillerhomeforblindchildren
e-mail: chmacs@bellatlantic.net
voice: 609-368-4327
Camps by the shore for blind children.
Metropolitan Washington Ear
mail: 35 University Blvd. East, Silver Spring, MD 20901
voice: 301-681-6636
Provides access to several national newspapers via touch tone telephone.
Mobility International USA [MIUSA]
mail: P.O. Box 10767, Eugene, OR 97440
internet: http://www.miusa.org
e-mail: info@miusa.org
fax: 541-343-6812
voice and TTY: 541-343-1284
"A national non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote international educational exchange and travel for people with and without disabilities." They sell many books and video cassettes addressing these issues, including A World of Options, Third Edition.
Museum of Science
contact: Betty Davidson, Exhibits Department
mail: Science Park, Boston, MA 02114-1099
TTY: 617-227-3235
voice: 617-589-0285
Can make recommendations on making exhibits accessible. Also has booklet New Dimensions for Traditional Dioramas: Multisensory Additions for Access, Interest, and Learning.
Narrative Television Network
mail: 5840 South Memorial Drive, Suite 312, Tulsa, OK 74145
e-mail: narrative@aol.com
fax: 918-627-4101
voice: 918-627-1000
NTN is owned and operated by persons with visual impairments and provides narrated movies and television programs to individuals with disabilities. They also add descriptive narration to corporate training videos.
National Beep Baseball Association [NBBA]
mail: c/o Jeanette Bigger, Secretary, 2231 West First Street, Topeka, KS 66606
voice: 785-276-0345
Organizes tournaments, sells bases.
National Easter Seal Society
mail: 230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60606-4802
internet: http://www.seals.com
e-mail: webmaster@seals.com
fax: 312-726-1494
TTY: 312-726-4258
voice: 312-726-6200
Has a free list of residential camping programs for disabled people.
National Federation of the Blind [NFB]
mail: 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
voice: 410-659-9314
Their program "Newsline for the Blind" gives access to national newspapers via touch tone telephone.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped [NLS]
mail: Library of Congress, 1291 Taylor Street NW, Washington, DC 20542
internet: http://www.lcweb/oc.gov/nls
e-mail: nls@loc.gov
fax: 202-707-0712
voice: 800-424-8567, 202-707-5104
Lends novels and nonfiction books recorded on audio cassette, including current best- sellers. Of interest to musicians are a braille music primer, a music notation dictionary, and The Musical Mainstream magazine. For the general public, there are many free circulars available listing resources.
National Resource Center for Blind Musicians
mail: Music and Arts Center for the Handicapped, 600 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06601
voice: 203-366-3300
Provides information to musicians, students, and teachers about music braille and accessible music technology, including advise about music systems. They can put people in touch with other blind musicians within their national network.
North American Riding for the Handicapped Association [NARHA]
mail: P.O. Box 33150, Denver, CO 80233
internet: http://www.narha.org
e-mail: NARHA@frii.com
voice: 800-369-744, 303-452-1212
Northwest Airlines Distribution Center
mail: 8711 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55420-0073
voice: 800-358-3100
Free booklet Air Travel For People With Disabilities, available in regular and large print, braille, and audio cassette.
Nube Sierra Foundation
mail: Avenida Colon 1133 y Avenida Amazonas, Edificio Arista , 2do Piso, Oficina # 204, Quito ECUADOR
e-mail: funubesierra@andinanet.net
fax: (593-2) 250 - 6632
voice: (593-2) 254 - 6669
They offer tourist services for people with visual impairments.
Oral Hull Park
mail: 43233 Oral Hull Road, P.O. Box 157, Sandy, OR 97055 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.oralhull.org/
voice: 503-668-6195
This park is designed specifically for people with visual impairments. It is located near Portland, Oregon. There are week-long camps in the summer and weekend retreats during the year.
Porter Sargent Publishers, Inc.
mail: 11 Beacon Street, Suite 1400, Boston, MA 02108
fax: 617-523-1021
voice: 617-523-1670
Book Guide to Summer Camps and Summer Schools, 27th Edition, 1995-1996, available in cloth or paper binding.
Quality Access International
mail: P.O. Box 6507, Coffs Harbour Plaza, NSW 2450 AUSTRALIA
internet: http://www.qai.com.au
e-mail: wbch@midcoast.com.au
fax: +61 (066) 51 90 9053
voice from Australia: 1 300 36 36 80
voice from other countries: +61 (2) 9262 5555
Publishes two books on accessible travel in Australia, has a program to find traveling companions, and provides (on the web site) links to many other travel programs which specialize in helping persons with disabilities.
Resources for Children with Special Needs
mail: 200 Park Avenue South, Suite 816, New York, NY 10003
voice: 212-677-4650
Book Special Camp Guide.
Richmond Restorations
mail: P.O. Box 16744, Wichita, KS 67216 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.richmond-restore.com/
e-mail: support@richmond-restore.com
voice: 316-529-2361; 877-508-4681
"Suppliers for chair caners, basket weavers and antique restorers."
Royal National Institute for the Blind -- Export Catalog
mail: P.O. Box 173, Peterborough PE2 6WS UNITED KINGDOM
internet: http://www.rnib.org.uk
e-mail: sberrill@rnib.org.uk
fax: +44 (0) 1733-238541
voice: +44 (0) 1733-370777
This catalog has dozens of excellent products for persons with visual impairments, including high quality board games, gardening tools, measuring devices, and other adaptations for daily living. Their U.S.A. distributor is Independent Living Aids (see above).
Sebring-Cale Therapeutics, Inc.
mail: 6411 Inkster Road, Suite 240, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
fax: 248-626-3499
voice: 248-626-3599
Sells Nancy's Special Workout, video and audio taped workouts for the physically challenged (done while sitting) and developmentally challenged.
Shake-a-Leg Miami, Inc.
mail: 2600 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
internet: http://www.shakealegmiami.org/
e-mail: SAL1Miami@aol.com
fax: 305-858-6262
voice: 305-858-5550
Water sports for people with disabilities.
Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped, Inc.
mail: 548 Elmwood, Buffalo, NY 14222
internet: http://www.iceskate.com
e-mail: sabah@cid.com
fax: 716-883-9735
voice: 716-883-9728
Instruction of ice skating to persons with physical, mental, and emotional challenges, annual ice skating spectacular, and annual seminar to teach potential program developers.
Smith Sport Optics, Inc.
mail: Box 2999, Ketchum, ID 83340
internet: http://www.smithsport.com
e-mail: diolson@smithsport.com
voice: 208-726-4477
Ski goggles which can be fitted with prescription lenses and motorcross goggles which fit over prescription spectacles.
Smithsonian Institute
mail: Accessibility Program, 1239 MRC 426, Arts & Industries Building, Room 1410, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.si.edu
TTY: 202-786-2414
voice: 202-786-2942
Can provide information on making museums accessible to the disabled. Publishes booklet called The Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design.
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
mail: 125 Nashua Street, Boston, MA 02114
TTY: 617-722-6244
voice: 617-720-6659
Free recreation information phone line for persons with disabilities, including database of sports and recreation organizations and of adaptive recreational equipment.
Special Olympics, Inc.
mail: 1350 New York Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005
voice: 202-628-3630
Sport for the Blind
internet: http://members.tripod.com/~bursaab/paralymp.html
e-mail: bursaab@orc.ru
This Russian internet site (written in English) suggests new sports that have been created for people who are blind.
Sportime International
mail: One Sportime Way, Atlanta, GA 30340
e-mail: customer.service@sportime.com
fax: 770-263-0897
voice: 800-850-8603
Catalogs: "Abilitations" lists adaptive physical education equipment; "Chime Time" has equipment for movement for children ages 3 to 8; and "Sportime" lists regular P.E. equipment.
Tandem Club of America
internet: http://www.mindspring.com/~strauss/tca.html
International club for tandem bicycle enthusiasts. Bimonthly magazine.
Tandems, Limited
mail: 2220 Vanessa Drive, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430
fax: 205-991-7766
voice: 205-991-5519
This is a walk-in store which specialized in tandem (2 seats) bicycles. Their catalog includes: "Family Tandem" which has a telescoping rear seat to fit children 36 inches tall and also breaks down into two pieces for transporting; several brands of tandem which can be broken down to travel; and child stoker conversion parts (a third set of pedals to install up high in the back). They will custom-make tandems, triplets (3 seats), and quads (4 seats).
Taylor Subscription Talk
mail: 631 South 66th East Avenue, Suite 110, Tulsa, OK 74133-1715
internet: http://www.tstradio.com
voice: 800-789-4506
Their internet site provides audio programming of unabridged readings of over 100 newspapers and magazines.
Texas Lions Camp
mail: P.O. Box 247, Kerrville, TX 78029
TTY, fax, and voice: 210-896-3666
voice: 210- 896-8500
Holds summer camps in which they accept children with visual, hearing, or physical impairments.
Thoele Manufacturing
mail: 948 U.S. Route 40, Montrose, IL 62445-3101
voice: 217-924-4553
The "Pedal-in-Place Exerciser" is designed like an exercise bicycle, except that it works the upper arms while the user is seated in a wheelchair.
Twin Peaks Press
mail: P.O. Box 129, Vancouver, WA 98666-0129
internet: http://www.netm.com/mall/infoprod/twinpeak/helen.htm
e-mail: 73743.2634@compuserve.com
fax: 360-696-3210
voice: 800-637-2256, 360-694-2462
Books Travel for the Disabled and Directory of Travel Agencies for the Disabled.
United States Association of Blind Athletes [USABA]
mail: 33 North Institute Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
e-mail: USABA@usa.net
fax: 719-630-0616
voice: 719-630-0422
National sports organization, has state groups, with national competition in swimming, track, wrestling, tandem bike riding, goalball, swimming, and other sports. Their All American Awards honor young athletes with visual impairments, ages 12 to 18. Newsletter Insight discussing various sports issues related to blind athletes. Athletes must have vision 20/200 or worse to participate.
United States Blind Golfers Association
contact: Bob Andrews
voice: 850-893-4511
Very Special Arts
mail: 1300 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036
internet: http://www.vsarts.org/disculture
fax: 202-737-0725
TTY: 202-737-0645
voice: 800-933-9721
Victoria Blind Cricket Association
internet: http://webmania.com.au/vbca
e-mail: scott.peucker/dsto.defence.gov.au
Rules and history of the game, links to other blind cricket internet sites, and announcements of tournaments.
Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom -- Guest Relations
location: Orlando, FL
TTY: 407-827-5141
voice: 407-824-4321
The general visitor's guides for this amusement park, MGM Studios, and Epcot Center are available in braille, including maps, menus, and points of interest.
West Virginia School for the Blind
contact: Dan Oates
mail: 301 East Main Street, Romney, WV 26757
e-mail: doates@access.mountain.net
voice: 304-822-4883
Holds a Space Camp for students with visual impairments in the summer, for grades 4 through 12.
Wilderness Inquiry
mail: 808 14th Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414-1516 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.wildernessinquiry.org
fax: 612-676-9401
TTY: 612-676-9475
voice: 612-676-9400
Offers canoeing and dogsledding trips. Some are geared specifically for people with all types of disabilities. Some are geared towards families. Most trips are in Minnesota, though some are planned in other areas, such as Washington State and Yellowstone Park in Montana. People with disabilities are welcomed and accommodated on all trips. Children should be accompanied by an adult, as should any other people needing assistance with mobility or personal care.
This site was last updated February 28, 2004.