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City guide · Illinois
What Chicago families use, listed with the same fixed questions answered for every provider — so you can compare like with like.
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3 resources in Chicago — Sport & activities
The Chicago Park District's Special Recreation Division runs year-round sports, recreation and leisure programmes for Chicagoans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including Special Olympics training, adaptive sports, and programming for Deaf and hard-of-hearing residents.
Ages All ages
Special Olympics Illinois offers free, year-round sports training and competition for people with intellectual disabilities across 18 or more Olympic-type sports, plus a Young Athletes track for ages 2 to 7 and a Motor Activities Training Program for people with severe or profound disabilities.
Ages 2 through adult
Grant-funded swim lessons for autistic children and teens at Metro Chicago YMCAs, at no or low cost — pitched squarely at water safety, with instructors families describe as patient and experienced.
Ages Youth
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