Font Size:

Program Details

Contact:
Organization:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
URL:

Activities Offered
  • Water Aerobics/Exercise
Building Access
  • Meets ADA standards
  • Accessible areas of building: Locker Rooms; Shower Facilities; Parking Area; Front Desk/Reception Area; Swimming Pool

Staff Training and Certification
  • Staff Training: Yes
  • Staff Certification:Kinesiology/Physical Education/Exercise Science; Adapted Phys Ed/Therapeutic Rec; Physical Therapy/PT Assistant; Occupational Therapy/OT Assistant;

Adaptive Equipment
  • Adaptive equipment available

Transportation
  • Accessible by Public Transportation: No

  • Transportation Provided by the Program: No

Notes

Aqua Ability is designed for people with physical limitations associated with developmental and mental disabilities including cerebral palsy, neurological disorders, orthopedic limitations, hearing and visual impairments, Down syndrome, and intellectual disability.

Aqua Ability is therapy, water exercise, adaptive swimming lessons, along with individual and group water programs for the purpose of improving health, mobility, and psycho/social well-being. Water is a safe and effective environment for people of all ages who have limited opportunities for exercise on land.

Each Aqua Ability client is evaluated by a therapist and individual goals are established for:

  • exercise time
  • skill development
  • daily living activities
  • improvement in health and fitness