Athletes Doing Accessible Programs Through Sport (ADAPTS)
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Durham District School Board (DDSB) works in partnership with Athletes Doing Accessible Programs Through Sports (ADAPTS). ADAPTS provides student-athletes with special needs the opportunity for personal growth through sport.
Benefits of the ADAPTS program
The ADAPTS program:
- Provides a friendly level of competition for students with special needs to participate in individual and team sports
- Honours the efforts and abilities of all our athletes
- Allows students with special needs to develop physical abilities and capacities in a variety of sports and activities in a friendly, safe and supportive environment
- Develops positive character attributes and self-esteem in special needs student athletes
- Encourages students with special needs to be physically active
- Improves integration into the secondary school community
- Creates and fosters a network of friends across the community and schools in different boards of education
