This list includes disability-specific and general opportunities that parents have told us are disability-friendly. Some of these organizations might be contracted with CLTS or provide scholarships. Please call Children’s Resource Center-North to help navigate these resources by contacting us toll free at 1-866-640-4106 or email at .
Last updated: March 2025
Theatre and Arts
- The Penguin Project of Central Wisconsin: penguinprojectcw.org/
- The Center for The Visual Arts: www.cvawausau.org/youth-classes
- Located downtown Wausau. Offer a variety of art classes for youth throughout the year.
- Scholarships are available to cover costs of classes.
- Music Therapy Services of Central WI: mtscw.com/
- Provide music therapy interventions in Stevens Point area, will come to home.
- See My Art Dragonfly Studio: seemyart.us/
- Seeks to open doors and unlock minds by providing public venues for displaying art by individuals with disabilities, and by educating the public about the health benefits of artistic expression. Located in Northwest WI, near Cable.
- Tom’s Drawing Board: www.facebook.com/TomsDrawingBoard/
- Offering art classes and other opportunities (events) in Rhinelander. Certified Autism friendly business. 715-420-1001
- Wildman Arts: wildmanarts.com/
- Offers Sensory classes in Antigo
- Learn & Love It: learnandloveit.com/
- Dance classes in Stevens Point and Almond, WI
- Dance without Limits at Best Foot Forward, Plover
- Playce For Us: www.playceforus.com/
- Adapted dance and art classes. Located in Wausau. Sally Schmidt, SLP
Leadership Opportunities
- Wisconsin Youth Leadership Forum– occurs every summer at Edgewood College in Madison. This week-long forum is for high school students with disabilities who want to learn more about leadership, self-advocacy skills, and career awareness.
- Crossways Self-Determination Camp at Pine Lake Camp in Waupaca is for those 18 and older with intellectual disabilities www.crosswayscamps.org/selfdetermination
Sports and Physical Activities
- Special Olympics Wisconsin specialolympicswisconsin.org/
- Children 2 to 10: Contact Young Athletes Program Manager for more information about this inclusive sport play program for kids both with and without intellectual disabilities. (608) 442-5682, .
- Children 8+ and adults should use this map to your closest contact: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1FBRmctU32HXdB5VzY3HXrIH9nKVtvu8b&ll=44.95473878786033%2C-89.4728818859375&z=8
- Stevens Point Special Sports: www.pointschools.net/departments/student-services/special-education/special-sports
- Wausau Youth Hockey Special Hockey Program: www.wausauhockey.org/program/special-hockey/5766
- Ages 4-13 Event to introduce kids with developmental disabilities to ice hockey. (11/2/24)
- Team Triumph: www.myteamtriumph-wi.org/ support for people with disabilities to come together in training, racing, and social events.
Outdoor
- Empowered Dream Hunts: Empowered Dream Hunts
- Based in Mosinee (Wausau) and offers hunting trips to veterans, youth, and others with access barriers.
- Fishing Has No Boundaries: fhnbinc.org/
- First started in Hayward, now has chapters across the country including Eagle River. Provides fishing events as well as information on adaptive equipment.
- Little Lakes Memories, Inc.: www.facebook.com/littlelakesranch.org/
- Non-profit organization providing lodging, recreation, and hunting to physically challenged individuals. Located in Irma, WI. Hosts outdoor experiences for those with disabilities as well as providing a place for periods of respite and relief to individuals and their families/caregivers in need of a non-hunting “time-out.”
Swimming/ Aquatic Therapy
Local indoor pools can be great for winter activities and some hotels in the area offer daily rates to use their pool.
- Marshfield Clinic Health Systems YMCA in Marshfield: mfldymca.org/aquatics/private_lessons.php
- North Central Health Care: www.norcen.org/services/aquatic-therapy-center/
- Darwin E. Smith Aquatic and Fitness Center: Wittenberg www.woodsonymca.com/wittenberg/
- (715) 253-2211
- Mosinee Aquatics/ Woodson YMCA/Aspirus Pool – Mosinee www.woodsonymca.com/
- Riverside Athletic Club – Merrill www.riversideathletic.com/ Warm water recreational, therapeutic, and instructional indoor water facility.
- Antigo Aquatic Center (Antigo Civic Rec)/ Clara R. McKenna Aquatic Center– 715-627-0497 www.woodsonymca.com/antigo/
Horse Riding/ Equine Therapy
Many of these providers are contracted with CLTS and/or CCS
- Stable Hands: stablehandstherapy.com/
- Equine therapy
- Located in Wausau. Diane 715-359-6046
- Scholl Community Impact Group: schollcommunityimpactgroup.org/
- Equine Therapy in Winchester (30 mi North of Minocqua)
- Lenelle 715-493-3534
- HEC Hooves of Joy: www.facebook.com/HECHoovesofJoy/
- Ashland 715-682-2558
- Therapeutic horsemanship year round 40- 75 lessons per week, CLTS vendor
- Unbridled Hope: www.facebook.com/UnbridledHope/
- Bayfield 715-779-5546
- HART Equine Therapy Center, Inc.: hartetc.com/
- Up There: www.upthereatrrhorsehaven.com/
- Not typical equine therapy but ground work with horses and currently offering free “equine facilitated social groups” by age for those with ASD, ADHD in Taylor, Price, and Rusk Counties. Westboro (Taylor Co)
- Contact Rachael at (715)255-0263. Contracts with CLTS, CCS, also a sliding fee scale
- Stable Reins: www.stablereins.com/
- Prentice (Price County)
- CCS contracts for Taylor, Price, Oneida
- Red River Riders– Shawano red-river-riders.org/
- Strides: stridescenter.com/
- Greenwood/Clark County
- Offer equine therapy, therapeutic riding, animal wellness, art wellness, yoga, and a skill development program. Some services are provided at other locations depending on program and provider.
- W6801 Colby Factory Road, Greenwood, Wisconsin 54437
- Contact Heidi at Or 715.316.7704
Other Opportunities-
- New Horizons Family Services: newhorizonsfamilyservices.org/programs
- offers respite and other programs in Vilas, Oneida, Forest counties
- Reflective Choices: www.facebook.com/ReflectiveChoicesLLC/
- services include mentoring, respite care, daily living skills training and supervised visitations.
Out of Area-
- PRIDE (Physical Activity and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities in the Eau Claire area):
- The P.R.I.D.E. program serves children with cognitive, sensory, and physical disabilities ages 5-16 years by providing individualized and/or group instruction in the areas of skill development, fitness, and sport/recreational activities.
- Flyer: www.uwec.edu/sites/default/files/documents/P.R.I.D.E-Flyer-Fall-18.pdf
- Information and registration: www.uwec.edu/academics/college-education-human-sciences/departments-programs/kinesiology/about/community-outreach/
- Dr. Marquell Johnson Professor Department of Kinesiology, UWEC 715 -836 -3948
- *Have a Dance program that takes place a few times a year. 2-1 staff to child ratio.
- Waisman Center www.waisman.wisc.edu/
* This material and information is for general information purposes only. List is subject to change at any time without notice. Known options are listed, however, additional ones may exist. By providing these links, Children’s Resource Center North does not specifically endorse any product or service provided by these organizations and we are not responsible for the content of these sites.