UA to Host Disability Sports Camp July 5-9 for Alabama Youth

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Water skiing, pool parties and playing golf are activities many teenagers enjoy during the summer. This year, a University of Alabama summer sports camp is making those activities possible for a group of Alabama youth who may be in wheelchairs or have a disability.

The University of Alabama Disability Sports program is hosting an inclusive summer sports camp July 5-9 for youth with ambulatory disabilities. Some 30 youngsters, age 12-18, from across the state will be attending the coed camp, says Margaret Stran, camp director and UA graduate student, who also coaches the UA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team.

Dr. Brent Hardin, assistant professor of kinesiology, and director of UADS, says the campers will live in the UA dorms and will participate in activities that include wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, swimming, dance, softball, floor hockey, water skiing and golf.

The camp has been designed by the UADS program. Camp instructors and counselors will be students, staff and faculty members from UA and members of the Lakeshore Foundation.

The camp is co-sponsored by the Alabama Council for Developmental Disabilities, the Lakeshore Foundation and BlazeSports Clubs of America.

For more information and a complete schedule of events, contact camp director Stran at 205/246-3371, mestran@yahoo.com, or UADS director Hardin at 205/348-5109, bhardin@ua.edu.