NSSRA recognizes that some individuals with disabilities would benefit from social opportunities available by participating in programs offered through their local park district or recreation department. Inclusion provides a choice for individuals of varying abilities to experience recreation programming within their community.

Inclusion services are offered to residents of NSSRA’ s 13 partner communities at no additional cost to the family. Inclusion support may come in the form of one or more of the following: program observation, staff training, program modifications / adaptations, modified equipment, and / or an Inclusion Companion.

An Inclusion Companion’ s role is to blend into the program with the partner agency staff while providing the appropriate amount of support to promote independence.

s A parent or family member recognizes that a participant would benefit from additional support in a partner agency program. s The partner agency staff identifies a need for additional support, for safety and programmatic reasons and communicates this need to the family.

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