Specialized and adaptive recreational activities for individuals with disabilities

Providing a safe and inclusive environment with educational opportunities for diverse populations through engagement in leisurely activities that promote functional and meaningful life skills and foster self-confidence, autonomy, dignity, respect and agency, while minimizing barriers.

This program is a community-facing program at Northwest Autism Center which focuses on creating meaningful learning opportunities with lowest possible barriers to engagement. Each program will have individualized topic, target skills, and activities, and have requirements and recommended pre-requisite skills to be learned prior to program. Some examples of skills to target could include teamwork, problem solving, turn taking, and life skills.

Monthly activities include:

• First Wednesday: Karaoke and Just Dance
• Second Wednesday: Lego free build with optional prompt
• Third Wednesday: Bingo
• Fourth Wednesday: Mario games

*Different monthly activities not listed here may be rotated in depending on participant interest and requests.

Eligibility requirements:

• Able to provide individual personal support as needed. This will be determined through discussion and evaluation with staff of the support a participant typically requires in similar circumstances.
• Must be medically stable and able to take personal medications as pre-determined by providers. Due to WAC requirements staff are unable to assist with personal medications.
• Must be physically and cognitively be appropriate for group signing up for, and able to meet any additional program specific requirements based on goals of that program

Sign-up process

• If it’s your first time attending one of our sessions, you’ll need to fill out one of our intake forms before signing up for a session 
• To fill out the intake form and to see our upcoming events, simply click the button below to get started

Monthly meetings at our north location: 8512 N Wall St Spokane, WA 99208