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The Ohio Sports Academy offers this class designed for children of all ages with minimal to moderate challenges with developmental delay, attention deficit, Autism, Sensory issues, coordination problems, fear of movement and more. The program combines sensory, gross motor and gymnastics activities which will improve strength, flexibility, balance, direction following, and confidence in the student. The program is designed to provide an opportunity for children with special needs to participate in a movement program as a recreation activity in addition to other therapies.

13thirty helps adolescents and young adults who have been diagnosed with cancer enhance their coping skills and self-esteem by building satisfying peer connections, learning to self-advocate, and developing effective self-management tools for long-term health.

4 Paws for Ability enriches the lives of children with disabilities by training and placing quality, task-trained service dogs. This provides increased independence for the children, and assistance to their families. The organization has a variety of service dogs for conditions including Autism, FASD, Diabetes, Hearing Loss, Mobility, and Seizures.

A Kid Again exists to foster hope, happiness and healing for families raising kids with life threatening illnesses. Families thrust into the situation of having to care for a child with a life threatening illness are unprepared and usually unequipped to deal with what follows, often feeling they have lost their hold on the situation and their own lives. A Kid Again offers fun adventures to help kids with life threatening illness feel like "A Kid Again."

Abilities First is a non-profit organization, located in Middletown, Ohio that serves children and adults with a wide range of disabilities including cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, learning disabilities, language and cognitive impairments. With a continuum of programming from birth through all phases of life, Abilities First provides a diverse range of services including an Autism Learning Center, summer therapy program and an inclusive child care center.

Abilities First is a program that offers various services to children and adults with disabilities. Their services include Autism learning services, therapy screenings, an Early Childhood Learning Center, adult learning activities, household training, employment services, and much more.