Sports camp in the US provides opportunities for physically disabled


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PE teachers are encouraged to let kids in wheelchairs play tennis but to get two bounces against an able-bodied person who gets one. Photo: Jon Tyson/Unsplash

Every year since 1985, Ability First Sports Camps has provided youth with physical disabilities the opportunity to go to a summer sports camp.

It is director Eric Snedeker's belief that kids with physical disabilities often get lumped into camps that are more designed for kids with developmental disabilities rather than just physical disabilities, and he wanted to change that.

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