The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation runs the city's parks and recreation centers. Its Office of Recreation offers afterschool care for kids, senior programs for ages 55 and up, swimming and aquatics, summer camps, and activities for people with disabilities. Many programs are low-cost, and fees are lower for Atlanta residents.
ARTS InCommunity is an Atlanta-area program of InCommunity that helps people with disabilities and other underserved groups visit museums, enjoy performances, and attend sporting events. Members pay an annual fee to request donated tickets through individual or agency memberships. It also helps cultural organizations make their spaces, websites, and exhibits more accessible.
Camp Twin Lakes runs accessible camps in Rutledge and Winder, Georgia, for children and families dealing with serious illnesses, disabilities, and other hard life challenges. It offers weeklong overnight summer camps and school-year weekend retreats, run with more than 70 partner groups. It also holds a weekend retreat for service members, veterans, and their families.
Shepherd Center is a rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta. These pages show a concussion clinic, a chronic pain clinic, and recreation therapy events for people with brain, spine and other nerve-related injuries or conditions. You can call or fill out a form to ask for an appointment at the clinics.
Best Buddies is a nonprofit that works with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In Georgia it offers friendship programs, help finding jobs, leadership training, inclusive living, and support for families. People with and without disabilities take part together.
Rosaleana's is a nonprofit in Georgia that helps people with housing, food, jobs, and learning. It also supports people with developmental disabilities and young adults leaving foster care. Adults can get help with transportation vouchers, job training, reading and GED classes, and a food pantry.
Therapeutic Recreation Services is part of Cobb County PARKS. It runs activities for children and adults with disabilities, including a day program for adults, Special Olympics sports, and meetings for parents and caregivers.
Chastain Horse Park is a nonprofit horse park in Atlanta's Chastain Park area. It offers therapeutic riding for children and adults with disabilities, therapy sessions with licensed professionals, and group horse programs. It also has boarding, an event space, and ways to volunteer.
The Urban Indigo Foundation is an Atlanta nonprofit that offers wellness and play programs for families and children with special needs. Children who are neurodivergent, neurotypical, or differently abled learn and play together without judgment. The group also offers inclusive playdates, swim and bike programs, and help for parents with school plans like IEPs and 504s.
Wounded Warrior Project is a national group for veterans and service members who were hurt, became ill, or were injured on or after September 11, 2001. Their families and caregivers can get help too. They offer mental health, physical wellness, VA benefits help, career help, money coaching and peer connection at no cost to registered warriors and families.
The YMCA of Metro Atlanta is a nonprofit with many branches across the metro area. The Andrew and Walter Young branch on Campbellton Road is listed with after-school care for kids in grades K-5, camps, swim lessons, sports, teen programs, and wellness classes. Help paying is available for families who need it.
Vocal Point, formerly the Georgia Radio Reading Service, is a nonprofit that reads newspapers, magazines and books aloud. The service is free for people who are blind, have low vision, or cannot read print because of a disability. You can listen live, online, or on demand, and you can also volunteer to read.
Lekotek of Georgia helps children with disabilities and their families learn and have fun through play. It offers play sessions where families borrow toys, computer clubs, a summer camp, music classes, and groups for siblings and parents. The main office is in Tucker, and there are also Cobb and Southside sites.
The Elaine Clark Center in Chamblee serves children and young adults with disabilities and developmental delays, from 6 weeks old to age 30. It offers inclusive child care, early intervention, after-school and camp programs, a school, and a young adult life-skills program. Therapists chosen by families can work with children on site, and scholarships are available.
FOCUS is a group for families of children and young adults, from birth through age 29, who have lifelong physical or developmental disabilities. It runs adapted camps, respite childcare, social activities, parent support groups and hospital visits. It also helps families get medical equipment through grants and a loan library.
FOCUS helps families of children and young adults with lifelong disabilities, from birth through age 29. It runs adapted camps, respite childcare, swim team, teen and young adult activities, parent support groups, hospital visits, and equipment grants and loans. The goal is to build a community for families across metro Atlanta and Georgia.
The Center for the Visually Impaired is a nonprofit in Midtown Atlanta that helps people of all ages who have vision loss. It offers low vision eye exams, classes to learn daily living skills, white cane travel and technology, programs for kids, and support groups. Fees are on a sliding scale, and most insurance is accepted.
Special Olympics Coweta County is the local Special Olympics program for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in Coweta County. It is part of Special Olympics Georgia. It offers sports training and competitions, including an annual Spring Games at Newnan High School.
Special Olympics Georgia offers year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Athletes join through local teams run by schools, parks departments and other groups. Volunteers help at state games and special events, and can also coach.
Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta has helped people of all faiths since 1891. It offers counseling and therapy, help for older adults and their caregivers, programs for adults with disabilities, career services, and a dental clinic that is free for people who cannot afford care. Its main office is in Dunwoody.
