4 adaptive sports, peer-support, and activity-based therapy organizations in Vermont: 4 adaptive sports programs. Verified July 2026. You do not need to be an athlete: many of these exist as much for the community as the sport.
Green Mountain Adaptive Sports
Vermont nonprofit improving quality of life for people with disabilities through year-round access to sports and recreation activities.
Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc. is a adaptive sports and recreation organization in VT, listed by United Spinal and verified from its official website. Check the organization’s site for current offerings, eligibility, accessibility, schedule, and cost.
Northeast Disabled Athletic Association (NDAA)
All-volunteer Vermont Move United chapter providing sled hockey, adaptive sailing, power soccer, and other sports for individuals with physical disabilities.
Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports
Nationally recognized Vermont nonprofit empowering people of all abilities through inclusive year-round sports—skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, kayaking, canoeing, and sailing—regardless of ability to pay.
National programs that serve Vermont
Vermont has 4 listed local organizations, so these national networks — which serve every state — are often the better starting point.
50 Legs
National nonprofit providing prosthetics and related care to children and adults who cannot otherwise afford them, at no cost to recipients.
Achilles International
Founded in 1983, operates free weekly run/walk/wheel workouts and race opportunities for people with disabilities through 62 chapters worldwide including 25+ U.S. cities, with a dedicated Freedom Team program for veterans.
Adaptive Adventures
The world's only fully mobile adaptive recreation provider, operating 18 equipment trailers that travel to 30+ states per year delivering free outdoor adaptive sports programs to 3,100+ individuals annually with physical disabilities.
Adaptive Climbing Group
The largest national adaptive climbing program in the U.S., founded in 2012, serving 1,000+ participants annually across nine locations in New York, Chicago, Memphis, Oahu, and more, offering indoor, outdoor, ice, and competition climbing for all disabilities including SCI.
AdaptX
Inclusive/adaptive fitness nonprofit that awards grants to help individuals with disabilities access adaptive fitness and sports equipment and participation.
American Association of Adapted Sports Programs (AAASP)
National nonprofit providing structured interscholastic adapted-sports competition for students with physical disabilities.
AmpSurf
501(c)(3) founded in 2003 offering free Learn to Surf Therapy Clinics for people with all disabilities, veterans, and first responders at chapter locations across California, New England, New York, and the Pacific Northwest.
Amputee Blade Runners
Nashville-based nonprofit that designs, fits, and fabricates highly specialized running/sport prosthetics for amputees of all ages completely free of charge, removing the cost barrier to athletic prostheses insurance won't cover.
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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.