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Yogability is an adapted yoga class for children with special needs to improve their movement, comfort in their physical bodies, ability to self soothe, and social interaction with others. Designed and taught by Robyn Emde, registered Occupational Therapist and Yoga Therapist of Yogability Therapy, this class facilitates physical activity, sensory integration, balance, body awareness, flexibility, fun, and more! Children of all abilities are welcome, caregiver support may be required depending on the specific needs of your child.

Robyn Emde is a yoga therapist & occupational therapist. Her background is in physical & mental health rehabilitation, paediatrics, disability management, & yoga – this informs her fun & functional approach to teaching kids with special needs. She believes that yoga is for everyone, and uses her work and experience as an occupational therapist and yoga therapist to teach accessible and stimulating classes for children of all abilities. Her classes pay particular attention to movement, sensory integration, relaxation, self- soothing techniques and more!

Address: #3871 Moncton Street, Richmond, B.C.
Tel:  778-882-3165

E-mail:  info@yogabilitytherapy.com 

Web: www.yogabilitytherapy.com　

Fun-filled theatre-based group for teens and adults (ages 12+) of all abilities with special needs to explore their creative sides through: dance and movement, song, theatre games, acting with the end goal being to perform in front of live audiences. Classes are held every Thursday evening from 6:45-8:00 PM in East Vancouver. Each term participants come together to build friendships, but more importantly to inspire and unite the community through theatre.  

Tel: 604-315-8729

E-mail: abilitytheatre@gmail.com

Video: http://www.indiegogo.com/ABILITY-THEATRE

Facebook: Ability Theatre | Facebook

Theatre Terrific,located in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an inclusive theater arts ensemble that presents professional and community stage productions and offers workshops and classes. It is more than a “disability theatre” company: artists of all abilities perform together who wouldn’t normally have the opportunity to do so. Approximately half of the actors have a disability.

The group was created 25 years by a group of parents who had adult children with disabilities, both physical and cognitive. There was no place for their kids to study and perform theater, so the parents hired a professional actor and the work began. Theatre Terrific has recently been re-launched with its own permanent home. A main objective behind the re-launch was to move the work of the company more into mainstream theater and away from being tagged as a disability theatre, because the company isn’t comprised solely of those with disabilities.

Address: (Office) #430 - 111 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6R 1K4
               (Studio) 4010 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC

Tel: 604-222-4020

E-mail: gm@theatreterrific.ca

Web: http://www.theatreterrific.ca/

Making Waves Vancouver is a not-for profit student initiative founded as a registered chapter of Making Waves Canada in 2012. Our mission is to provide affordable and accessible one-on-one swimming instruction to children with special needs.

Making Waves builds on the institutional strengths and successes of existing swimming lesson organizations. We are able to be more effective in injury prevention by providing lessons specifically targeted and adapted to those children at highest risk of drowning in our society. We recruit our volunteers from the abundance of university-aged, qualified swimming instructors and work with our community partners to properly train, educate and prepare them for the rigours of working with special-needs children. We rent out pool space once a week, batch lessons together and assign one instructor to each child. By using innovative techniques to dramatically cut our operating expenses, as well as by actively fundraising, we are able to offer private swimming instruction at a rate affordable even by those living under the poverty line.

Each one-on-one class runs for thirty minutes, on Saturday afternoons from 5-6 PM. The cost per child is approximately $75.00 per season (there are 9 lessons offered per season, but 7 for our pilot session). This charge is used to offset a portion of the pool rental costs and to remunerate the lifeguard on duty (employees of the City of Vancouver). All instructors' time is provided on a voluntary basis.