10 adaptive sports, peer-support, and activity-based therapy organizations in South Carolina: 7 adaptive sports programs, 2 peer-support groups 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.
Adaptive Pickleball
Upstate-SC 501(c)(3) that runs free Play Days teaching pickleball to people with physical and other disabilities, with hubs in Greenville, Spartanburg, Blue Ridge and Lexington.
Barbara Stone Foundation / greenvilleCAN
Greenville Upstate organization that runs the greenvilleCAN adaptive-recreation network and hosts the free Adaptive Recreation Day connecting people with disabilities to local adaptive-sport providers.
Carolina Adaptive Golf (UCAG)
Greenville-based 501(c)(3) providing monthly adaptive-golf clinics and adaptive equipment for veterans, youth and adults with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities across the Carolinas.
South Carolina Foundation for Disabled Athletes
Spartanburg nonprofit whose mission is to provide funding for physically disabled individuals who wish to compete in athletic events and to support adaptive athletes in the Upstate.
Adaptive Expeditions
Move United member nonprofit providing adaptive kayaking, surfing, fishing, paddleboarding, wheelchair basketball, and pickleball for individuals with physical and sensory disabilities across the Lowcountry.
Charleston County Parks Therapeutic & Adaptive Recreation
Charleston County's parks agency runs therapeutically-based adaptive recreation for people with physical and cognitive disabilities across the tri-county area and co-hosts adaptive-sport/SCI events with Roper Rehab and MUSC.
Clemson Adaptive Sports and Recreation
University program hosting South Carolina's first collegiate wheelchair tennis team plus adaptive intramural basketball and volleyball, open to students, veterans, and community athletes.
South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Association (SCSCIA)
United Spinal chapter connecting and empowering SCI survivors in South Carolina with peer support, online support groups (Carolina Breeze), education, and family resources.
UCAN – Upstate Community Abilities Network (Prisma Health Roger C. Peace)
Rehab-hospital adaptive sports program offering free year-round clinics—archery to water skiing—providing 2,000+ accessible experiences annually for community members with physical disabilities.
Coastal Adaptive Sports
Myrtle Beach nonprofit facilitating 100+ adaptive sports events per year—adaptive surfing, wheelchair basketball, cycling, track & field—for individuals and families with disabilities.
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Listings are curated and web-verified (July 2026), but programs change, move, and close — confirm before you travel. A listing here is directory information, not an SCI.help endorsement. Spot an error or know a program we've missed? Tell us.