Mary Free Bed Wheelchair & Adaptive Sports teams are open to anyone with a permanent physical disability that limits participation in able-bodied sports.
Participants must be:
- Physically impaired due to orthopedic or neurological medical conditions
- In need of modification to participate in leisure and sports activities due to physical disability
- Able to benefit from participation in group activities
- Able to follow directions; be alert and oriented
- Free of disruptive behavioral issues that would create a danger to self or others
- Living in a non-institutional setting
- Cognitively able to participate in the program at an appropriate developmental level
- Evaluated by a team coordinator and coach prior to placement
- Able to use upper extremities to independently push a sports chair or handcycle or to independently propel on the ice using sled hockey sticks. (Power chairs may be used in wheelchair tennis, based on coordinator and coach evaluation.)