15 adaptive sports, peer-support, and activity-based therapy organizations in Michigan: 10 adaptive sports programs, 3 activity-based therapy programs, 1 peer-support group and 1 organization doing both. Verified July 2026. You do not need to be an athlete: many of these exist as much for the community as the sport.
Challenge Mountain
Northern Michigan adaptive recreation nonprofit (est. 1984), the first independent adaptive skiing program in northern Michigan, serving 1,800+ people annually with year-round programs.
Grand Rapids Eagles Disabled Sports
Grand Rapids nonprofit providing athletic training for athletes age 7+ with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, SCI, and other physical disabilities.
Michigan Adaptive Sports (MAS)
Volunteer-run Move United chapter offering clinics and camps statewide in alpine skiing, snowboarding, cycling, kayaking, fishing, golf, tennis, and water skiing for youth and adults with disabilities since the 1980s.
Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Association (MSCIA)
Michigan's United Spinal chapter providing SCI/D peer support groups statewide, advocacy, education, and a community resource library.
Michigan Sports Unlimited
Michigan nonprofit providing a wide range of adaptive recreational activities (archery, cycling, kayaking, skiing, rugby, tennis) to improve well-being of people with disabilities.
Mt. Brighton Adaptive Sports Program (MBASP)
Michigan adaptive winter-sports nonprofit (founded 2014) providing adaptive ski, snowboard, and ski-bike lessons for athletes of all ages and abilities.
Oakland County Parks
Oakland County Parks is a adaptive sports and recreation organization in MI, listed by United Spinal and verified from its official website. Check the organization’s site for current offerings, eligibility, accessibility, schedule, and cost.
University of Michigan Adaptive Sports & Fitness
U-M program with competitive wheelchair basketball, rugby, tennis, and adaptive track teams open to students and community members with disabilities.
Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
Detroit Medical Center program for people with spinal cord injury, listed by DMC at 261 Mack Avenue. Confirm current activity-based services, clinical fit, eligibility, availability, and cost directly with the program.
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) – Adapted Sports Program
Detroit Medical Center's RIM offers adapted sports and team formation for metro Detroit residents with SCI, brain injury, amputation, or stroke; fields the Detroit Diehards wheelchair basketball team; also hosts monthly SCI Roundtable support group meetings.
Wheelchair Hockey League of Michigan (WCHL)
Michigan's only adaptive floor-hockey league for manual and power wheelchair users of all ages with physical disabilities, based in Fraser.
Mary Free Bed Wheelchair and Adaptive Sports
One of the nation's largest hospital adaptive sports programs serving ~700 athletes annually; sponsors the Grand Rapids Pacers (basketball), Thunder (rugby), Sled Wings (hockey), Sonics (goalball), and Rollin' Whitecaps (softball), plus adaptive kayaking, sailing, skiing, and scuba clinics.
The Recovery Project
Activity-based therapy and recovery program in southeast Michigan. Confirm current clinical fit, eligibility, referral requirements, availability, and cost directly with the program.
Walk The Line Recovery Therapy
Activity-based recovery therapy program in Southfield for people with spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. Confirm current clinical fit, eligibility, referral requirements, availability, and cost directly with the program.
Metro Detroit Sled Hockey
Nonprofit running four youth and adult sled hockey teams for athletes with physical disabilities at Taylor Sportsplex in metro Detroit.
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