Every Body Athletics

Creating lasting impact on the physical, social, and emotional wellbeing of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) through group athletic training.

That's the goal of Every Body Athletics.

Using both individual and small group exercise activities involving physical and social instruction, Every Body Athletics provides adults with ID/DD the opportunity to achieve success and growth in both their fitness and social-emotional needs. These weekly exercise sessions go a long way in combatting the following statistics:

• Adults with ID/DD are more likely to lead sedentary lifestyles, and seven times more likely to report inadequate social and emotional support than people without disabilities
• Individuals with ID/DD are significantly more likely to report being in fair or poor health, with 33% of them not participating in any kind of exercise for months on end
• 69% of adults with disabilities are still living in their childhood home, with limited physical and social-emotional opportunity amongst peers

EBA strives to provide physical, social, and emotional strengthening to its athletes, all at no cost to the families. As our program continues to grow and add athletes and teammates (volunteers without disabilities who work out alongside our athletes to promote an authentically inclusive environment), so do our needs. Currently, all fundraising efforts will go towards updating old equipment, purchasing t-shirts for our new athletes, and marketing costs to invite new athletes and teammates to join our inclusive exercise movement! Your giving will go 100% to fulfill this need. 

Thank you for your support!