ABOUT
What is the adaptedSPORTS® Model?
AAASP employs athletics through a system called the adaptedSPORTS® Model. This award–winning model is an interscholastic structure of multiple sports seasons that parallels the traditional interscholastic athletic system and supports the concept that school–based sports are a vital part of the education process and the educational goals of students.
The sports featured in the adaptedSPORTS® Model have their origin in Paralympic and adult disability sports, however, they are innovative in that they are cross–disability in nature. AAASP has adapted these sports for the student–athlete based on their functional ability. By providing standardized competition rules, it is possible for the widespread implementation of an interscholastic adapted athletic system. Additionally, student athletes are developing the skills that can lead to participation at the collegiate, community and elite levels.
The adaptedSPORTS® Model is:
A Network of Member Programs
School system–based and may include community partnersSports Administration
Guidelines, compliance, leadership and program implementationStandardization
- The training and certification of coaches, area coordinators, officials and other sport professionals
- Competition rules for each sport
- All member programs adhere to a established schedule of sport seasons:
Fall — Wheelchair Handball
Winter — Wheelchair Basketball
Spring — Track and Field and Wheelchair Football
Resources: Publications & Equipment
- Publications that cover all aspects of coaching student athletes with physical disabilities.
- AAASP–approved equipment, exclusively available through FlagHouse, a world–wide distributor of sports equipment.