Our Mission
Wichita Adaptive Sports is a non-profit dedicated to the promotion of adaptive sports and recreation in south-central Kansas.
Our Impact
Each year Wichita Adaptive Sports serves over 100 youth, wounded warriors and adults throughout south central Kansas. Multiple sports are offered including wheelchair basketball, tennis, track, adaptive cycling and swimming among others. Opportunities are provided through adaptive clinics, sports and recreation.
Our Programs
Programs offered through Wichita Adaptive Sports are designed to empower individuals by independently taking control of personal health with active living. Clinics are offered in order to introduce sports to those living with physical disabilities.
Various sports are offered to both youth and adults with opportunities to attend competitions both locally and throughout the United States. The sport groups not only promote physical health, but mental health through providing a support network of locals living with physical disabilities in the State of Kansas.
Since the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, swimming has been one of the Games’ main sports. The thrill of competition aside, swimming offers many benefits including strengthening the cardiovascular systems and the major muscle groups of both the upper and lower body. It also develops flexibility in the muscles and joints as…
The people you meet through tennis are friendly, happy, optimistic and outgoing, They just want to have a good time and want others to have a good time. – Steve Kappes, Director of the San Diego Wounded Warrior Tennis Program and Director of Military Outreach for the San Diego District Tennis Association All About…
Track and Field is the largest Olympic and Paralympic sport in terms of the number of athletes and number of classifications and categories. In addition to the races that take place on the track, there are a number of competitions that take place on the field inside the track. In particular, there are throwing and…