Special Needs – Recreation

Fun, inspiring, educational classes, field trips and special events. Studio and school based programs are available.

Phone: 410-561-9220

Offers individuals with disabilities the opportunity to sail one or two Saturdays each month from April-August.

Phone: 410-727-0722

Program for physically and/or intellectually/emotionally challenged children. Each student is evaluated for his or her specific situation.

Phone: 410-465-7799

Interscholastic high school inclusive sports program offering soccer, bowling, and softball.

Phone: 410-887-2328

Variety of sports, fitness, and recreation programs, including therapeutic riding, swim programs, soccer, lacrosse, Challenger Baseball, creative activities, and a teen club for youth with developmental delays.

Phone: 410-222-7313

Partially/fully handicap accessible. Harford County Park & Recreations, Edgeley Grove Farm

Phone: 410-638-3559

An adaptive sports program for ages 6-18.

Phone: 410-887-7529

Group & Individual Music Therapy and adapted music lessons through private clinic in Bel Air and contracted locations in Westminster, Pikesville, and Lutherville.

Phone: 717-968-8001

A non-profit organization (501(c)3) created to provide recreation and sports programs for individuals with physical and developmental disabilities. Included but not limited to bowling, skiing, cycling, kayaking, and more.

Phone: 478-BARS-FUN

Ice hockey for both children and adults with a traumatic brain injury or intellectual disability such as autism and Down syndrome.

Phone: 410-661-0070

Adaptive sports, golf, summer camps, performing arts including The Sky is the Limit Community Theatre, gardening, horticulture therapy, social dances, theraputic riding, swimming, bowling. Publishes Leisure Resources News.

Phone: 410-887-5370, TTY: 410-887-5319

Ages 4+. Work with ADHD and ADD children.

Phone: 410-561-3553

Dedicated to bringing the thrill and freedom of sailing to persons with disabilities and their families. Sailing on CRAB sailboats takes place at Sandy Point State Park Marina.

Phone: 410-266-5722

Social and motor skills, self-image, and physical education for ages 9 and up. Participants need to be ambulatory and toilet-trained. Participation contingent on instructor approval.

Phone: 410-823-8870

Accessible canoe/kayak launch, Free. 5 Miles of trails and nature center.

Phone: 410-836-3050

Serves all girls ages 5-17, including those with special needs. Volunteer opportunities for adults.

Phone: 410-358-9711, 800-492-2521, 410-358-9919 (TDD)

Premier learn-to-swim facility specializing in swim lessons for children 4-months to 12 years of age, all levels, all abilities! 90-degree water and small teacher to student ratios. Classes meet for 30-minutes once a week on a family friendly schedule!

Phone: 410-421-7185

Bingo, bowling Staccatos, Kids’ Klub, Camp I Can, dances, movies, and more. Contact information is also available regarding Special Olympics – Harford County.

Phone: Bel Air, 410-638-4899, TTY users, call Maryland Relay at 711

Offers a wide variety of activities for individuals of all ages. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities by providing community recreational and leisure opportunities and promoting lifelong skills. We want you to Choose Your Fun!

Phone: 410-313-7275

Shirley Hubalek, professional pianist, organist, and vocalist. Children with learning disabilities welcome. Multi-sensory program.

Phone: 410-719-6790

Sensory/motor/gymnastics program for children all ages with any minimal to severe physical, mental, emotional, social, language, and/or sensory challenges.

Phone: 410-252-3374 x112

Programs for children and adults with special needs focuses upon developing skills to encourage and reinforce appropriate social etiquette and communication skills.

Phone: 410-832-7555

For higher ability athletes of all ages, from youth to adults. Promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences, joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team.

Phone: 800-541-7544, TTY: 410-789-4013

Expressive arts therapy program to enjoy art, dance, music, and drum therapy. For ages 12 plus and young adults.

Phone: 443-928-0542

A nonprofit volunteer-led organization that provides one-to-one recreational opportunities for children and young adults with developmental and physical disabilities in Greater Baltimore and Washington DC.

Phone: 301-770-3200

Provides therapeutic sports and recreational programs including motor development, fitness and/or swimming, wheelchair football, floor hockey, basketball, ambulatory sports, table tennis, tennis, track & field, baseball, golf, and more. Open to ages 2-21.

Phone: 443-923-9200, 800-873-3377

Multi-sensory program to strengthen language, emotional, social, cognitive, and physical development.

Phone: 443-928-9410

A contemporary dance school offering classes to all ages and abilities including adult classes.

Phone: 410-480-1686

Universally accessible boundless playground. The adaptive recreation baseball field, Freedom Field, includes a multipurpose field overlay, which is covered with a rubberized, wheelchair accessible surface. All sensory trail for all abilities.

Phone: 410-222-7313, 410-222-7300

Weekly program designed for children with different abilities.

Phone: 410-349-3100

Sociabilities social skills groups and family counseling for children and their parents.

Phone: 410-788-5483

Provides links to an alphabetical listing of state public lands that provide accessible amenities and accessible outdoor recreational opportunities on public lands, listed by activity.

Phone: 410-260-8058, (TTY users, call Maryland Relay at 711)

Offers activities, such as wheelchair basketball, wheelchair softball, and youth/school outreach programs for the physically challenged that help build self-esteem, self-confidence, independence, and self-motivation.

Phone: 410-825-5359

Provides equine-assisted activities to individuals with a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. Programs include Therapeutic Riding and Hippotherapy.

Phone: 410-923-6800, ticket/event line 410-923-6800

A research-based program helping develop a child’s musicality in a family-based, fun way.

Phone: 410-615-4369

Special needs services and programs including express entry and early entry, special visit times on select dates, assistive listening devices, Touch Bags, a Braille tour of the main aquarium and Deaf Awareness Days.

Phone: 410-659-4291

Offers a caring, knowledgeable staff person to take calls and respond to email inquiries and an online, searchable database with information on services and programs throughout Maryland. Also offering an onsite resource library.

Help Line 866-806-8400, 443-330-5341

Special days for children with special needs to explore the museum in a quieter, calmer environment.

Phone: 410-864-2664

Information on PATH Intl. centers, instructors and therapeutic riding. Uses accreditation and certification to improve the professionalism of the equine-assisted activities and therapies industry.

Phone: 800-369-RIDE (7433)

Special Needs Categories: Special Education
Health and Wellness
Pre-Vocational Skill Development
Caregiver Respite

Grades: Pre-K and up
Ages: 2 and up
Setting: Farm-based environment

ROSES offers equine-facilitated learning programs for individuals with special needs and their caregivers. ROSES is a Baltimore County Public School-approved site for student service learning projects. We partner with colleges and universities to provide internships, fieldwork placements, and residencies. Remediation for at-risk students, and merit badge workshops for scouts can also be arranged, as well as respite programs for caregivers.

While the content of our programs focuses on horses, the benefits of involvement reach well beyond the barn. Parents and participants report positive growth in the areas of self-esteem and social interaction, emotional and psychological well-being, physical confidence and stability, as well as improvements in academic achievement, work-skills development, and family/community-based relationships.

Lessons for special needs children and adults. Locations in Belair and Lutherville.

Phone: 443-500-6894

Enjoy the freedom of jumping. Sensory hours provide a quieter, toned-down jumping experience for those with special needs.
Every third Monday of the month from 6pm to 8pm.

60 Minutes of Jump Time for $12.00

Phone: 410-842-1661

The largest statewide advocacy organization assisting persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Maryland. Online Resource Directory. Ten local chapters.

Phone: 410-571-9320

A morning of accessible museum programming designed specifically for families of children with sensory processing disorders. Enjoy the collection of the Walters Art Museum during quiet, less stimulating hours.

Phone: 410-547-9000, ext. 325

Organizes children’s fishing days in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. for children with special needs, including life-threatening illnesses and physical or learning disabilities, and their families.

Phone: 410-551-5024