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Contains information about creative and innovative recreation and leisure programs and opportunities throughout the country.

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Managed by: of Ithaca College, Dept. of Therapeutic Recreation & Leisure Services

Product Categories
Books and Printed Material (9 Products)
Electronic Media (14 Products)
Organizations, Programs, and Projects (17 Products)
Other (5 Products)

Books and Printed Material

	Achieving a Beneficial Fitness: A Program and a Philosophy in Mental Retardation This short book explains why physical fitness is important for people with mental retardation. it also suggests a health and fitness program for those who may be starting to work towards their first fitness goals.
	Community Recreation and People with Disabilities: Strategies for Inclusion (2nd edition) A book showing the best ideas to design, implement, and evaluate inclusive recreation programs.
	Cooking Made Easy Cooking Made Easy is a cookbook for people with developmental disabilities who can read. Recipes are broken down into detailed, easy to understand steps. Every recipe is coded from 1-5 according to level of difficulty.
	Inclusion: Strategies including people with disabilities in parks and recreation opportunities A book with information and ideas to help community recreation agencies do a better job of including people with disabilities in all programs. Each chapter is set up so it could easily be used in staff training sessions.
	Inclusive Games: Movement Fun for Everyone by Susan L. Kasser Over 50 games and activities that encourage active participation by young people with differing abilities.
	Kennedy Center Tipsheets on Cultural Access Tipsheets on the best practices for making theaters, museums and other cultural facilities and programs accessible to patrons and visitors with disabilities.
	Leisure, Integration and Community This book is for recreation and leisure therapists and other professionals about supporting community change for people with disabilities to have full leisure lifestyles and be participating members of their communities.
	Making School and Community Recreation Fun for Everyone: Places and Ways to Integrate by M. Sherril Moon This book can help community members to support people with disabilities in community and school recreation programs.
	Wings to Fly: Bringing Theatre Arts to Students with Special Needs Wings to Fly is a comprehensive nuts and bolts handbook for special education and drama teachers on bringing theatre arts to students with special needs.

Electronic Media (Videos, CDs, T.V., Radio, Websites, etc.)

	Access Outdoors Website A website with information about programs, adapted equipment ideas and sources, and other information to assist persons with disabilities to become involved in outdoor recreation activities.
	Becoming Independent This film is about 3 young adults with disabilities, and shows them at work and home. It explains their lives, hopes and dreams for the future.
	Discover Camp! A website for families preparing to select a summer camp for their child with disabilities.
	District of Columbia activities web-site To help integrate Washington, DC's residents with disabilities into the city's cultural life, MRDDA's website presents activities, events, and destinations as individually designed "invitations" along with access information.
	Good Access is Good Business On this DVD, several business owners who operate for-profit businesses on public lands discuss the financial benefits of providing physical and program access to people with disabilities.
	I BELONG OUT THERE The real life examples in the video and the 16 pages of reproducible printed resources will encourage and motivate staff and people with disabilities to participate and succeed in community activities. An award winning entertaining resource.
	Kiss My Wheels Kiss My Wheels follows the Zia Hot Shots. The Hot Shots are a nationally ranked junior wheelchair basketball team. This video shows a season of training and tournament competition.
	LifePages.org A web site with information about recreation and leisure activities, services, advocacy, and other useful things to persons with disabilities who live in Minnesota.
	Moviesforfree.org A person with a disability can get a movie for free from this website.
	National Accessible Travelers Database Database of accessible transit systems across the United States.
	Not on the Sidelines: Living and Playing with a Disability This video is about four ordinary people whose lives were suddenly changed by accident, injury or illness when they were teens or young adults.
	Project TRIPS: Therapeutic Recreation in Public Schools Recreation as a Related Service in Public Schools, Therapeutic Recreation, IDEA, Related Services, CTRS, IEP
	Right to Risk: A 15 Day Journey Through Arizona's Grand Canyon A movie that tells the story of eight, very brave people with disabilities. They went on a 15-day, 225-mile whitewater rafting adventure through the Grand Canyon.
	Web Calendar of Disability Related Events Web Calendar of Disability Related Events: Online Events, International Events, National Events and Events in Illinois. Free publishing for any event that is relevant to a disabled community and disabled community research.

Organizations, Programs, and Projects

	Bradford Woods An outdoor recreation center with a special interest in the inclusion of people with disabilities in outdoor activities.
	Camp Friendship Resident camp sessions offered summer and winter holiday. Day/weekend options also available. Designed for persons w/developmental, physical or multiple disabilities, special medical needs, Down Syndrome, autism, or other conditions. ACA accredited.
	Camp New Hope Camp New Hope is operated by Friendship Ventures and offers traditional summer resident camp sessions for children and adults with disabilties.
	Community Education Network on Disability A network of community education programs serving adults with disabilities in Minnesota.
	GATEWAY to Adventure An outdoor adventure program offering training in outdoor skills and trips to many exciting places.
	Moviesforfree.org A person with a disability can get a movie for free from this website.
	National Alliance for Accessible Golf/Project GAIN The purpose of The National Alliance for Accessible Golf is to increase participation of people with disabilities in the game of golf.
	National Center on Accessibility A national center promoting access to recreation activities for persons with disabilities.
	National Institute on Recreation Inclusion (NIRI) NIRI (National Institute on Recreation Inclusion) was developed to provide recreation specialists with the tools to design, implement, and evaluate their recreation programs to include all patrons, with and without disabilities.
	National Sports Center for the Disabled The National Sports Center for the Disabled is a therapeutic recreational program based in Colorado.
	New York State Inclusive Recreation Resource Center A university center working to make recreation inclusive of all people. It helps people with disabilities find leisure activities, and agencies to make their programs accessible to everyone. It is located and works mostly in the state of New York.
	No Boundaries A program in Minnesota providing respite services in many different venues. These trips include camping, fishing, hotel weekends and many other things.
	Search Beyond Adventures Supervised vacation trips for people with disabilities.
	The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability A national clearinghouse on physical activity for persons with disabilities
	Together We Play: Creating inclusion for kids with disabilities An initiative in the Cedar Valley region of Iowa that encourages and supports community recreation programs in including children and youth with disabilities in all recreation programs.
	Trips, Inc., Special Adventures Trips, Inc., provides travel opportunities to people of various abilities in a safe, respectful and fun atmosphere. All of our special adventures seek to create an environment that promotes personal and emotional growth, friendship and learning.
	Youth Arc An organization led by youth, with and without developmental disabilities, participating in social and recreational activities together. Through the Youth Arc participants learn to appreciate each others strengths and to work together as a team.

Other

	Accessible Journeys Since 1985, our only job has been designing custom, wheelchair accessible vacations and escorting groups on accessible holidays exclusively for slow walkers, wheelchair travelers, their families and their friends.
	Adaptive Adventures Adaptive Adventure mission is to increase awareness and participation in adaptive sports and recreation throughout the world.
	Disability Travel and Recreation Resources Vacation and travel planning with links to other sites.
	Search Beyond Adventures Supervised vacation trips for people with disabilities.
	Trips, Inc., Special Adventures Trips, Inc., provides travel opportunities to people of various abilities in a safe, respectful and fun atmosphere. All of our special adventures seek to create an environment that promotes personal and emotional growth, friendship and learning.

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