Community Resources for Individuals with Disabilities

We’re happy to share a variety of other community opportunities that are available to individuals with disabilities outside of Arlington County Parks & Recreation. Below you’ll find recreation programs in Northern Virginia and other community resources.

Please contact these programs directly for more information.

This information is provided as a resource to the community and does not imply any endorsement nor affiliation. If you are aware of other resources, please send us an email.

Community Resources

• Parents of Autistic Children of Northern Virginia (POAC-NOVA)
• So Kids SOAR
• JCC of Northern Virginia
• Camp PALS
• Best Buddies
• Arlington Public Library Youth Services 
  
• Arlington Public Library Teen Services
• Learn to Ride Metro
• Social Grace
• MVLE Employment Services, Support Services, Business Solutions
• Service Source
• Down Syndrome Association of Northern Virginia programs
• Arlington Special Education PTA (SEPTA)
• Autism Society of Northern Virginia
• ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia
• The Arc of Northern Virginia
• Our Stomping Ground

Adapted Sports and Fitness Programs

• SPIRIT Club
• Adaptive Martial Arts
• Life Changing Fitness
• Cool CATS Ice Hockey
• Fairfax Falcons Paralympic Sports Team
• NOVA Special Olympics
• BlazeSports
• MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital-Adaptive Sports
• Cloverleaf Equine Center
• Wheelchair Sports, USA
• Special Olympics
• Kids Enjoying Exercise Now (KEEN)

Adapted Visual & Performing Arts

• Morning at the Museum
• ArtStream Inclusive Theater Company
• The Kennedy Center
• ReelAbilities Films
• Smithsonian (DC) Accessibility Resources

Assistive Technology/Devices

• Able Net
• Rehab Tool

Additional Resources

• Growing Kids Therapy Center
• Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
• National Organization on Disability
• The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
• Jewish Social Service Agency
• National Center on Physical Activities and Disabilities
• Resource for and about Therapeutic Recreation Professionals
• ElderImpact
• Autism Resources for Families
• Sesame Street Autism Resources for Parents
• CDC Autism Links and Resources
• Operation Autism for Military Families
• Temple Grandin’s Teaching Tips