Rochester Accessible Adventures is dedicated to ensuring people with disabilities have equitable access to health through recreation, sports & tourism.
Our Inclusion Partnerships transform businesses to include people with disabilities! Rochester Accessible Adventures is committed to partnering with the community to create inclusive recreation and sports opportunities for individuals with disabilities and their families and friends. We transform recreation businesses to include people with disabilities whenever their doors are open!
01/05/2026
Connecting Through Pickleball SESSION 2 starts January 14th!
A Parkinson's Community Program -- and oh, SO much fun!
This program is a fabulous way to learn how to play pickleball AND meet new people in a wonderful social environment!
Read all the details and complete the Registration form so you don't miss the fun! If you have questions, drop us a line!
Many thanks to Parkinson's Foundation for their support of this program through a community grant!
Parkinson’s Foundation New York Chapter Rochester Parkinson Network
Group of diverse adults smiling and holding pickleball paddles in a community center setting for a Parkinson's program.
01/01/2026
Happy New Year from our RAA family to yours!
We have lots to celebrate as we enter this new year together with you! Starting with the fact that YOU got us up to and over our end-of-year goal!
THANK YOU so much!
As we celebrate the beginnings of this new year, we are filled with hope of a more inclusive world -- a hope that is made REALITY with your support!
#2026
Fundraising thermometer shows $15,825 raised for RAA with thank you message and photos of people enjoying accessible adventures.
12/30/2025
You are wonderful! Just $500 more in end of year gifts to push us over the top by New Year's eve!
Your support is crucial as we gear up for exciting new opportunities and impact in 2026!
Thank you so much!
Thermometer-style fundraising graphic showing $14,504 raised toward a $15,000 goal for Rochester Accessible Adventures' end-of-year giving campaign.
12/29/2025
New Museum of Disability History opens February 17th at The Viscardi Center in Albertson, NY, Nassau County! Plan your next road trip!
On a torrentially rainy Thursday in late October, I went to the campus of The Viscardi Center in Nassau County for the “soft launch” of the newly rebirthed Museum of Disability History. Despite the weather, Viscardi’s entrance hall was bursting with guests, public officials, media, and student...
12/27/2025
Check out Capt. L J - Tomboy Adventures LLC First Day and Moonlight inclusive hikes!
12/27/2025
We are so close!
Can YOU help push us up and over?
Your support connects children, youth and adults to inclusive play and builds a future of accessible adventures!
Inclusive recreation, sports and tourism = the places we ALL want to be!
Thank you for helping us !
Donate today at https://rochesteraccessibleadventures.org/donate/ or use the QR code in the lower left corner of the flyer. Checks can be mailed with a December date stamp for a tax-deductible 2025 donation.
Fundraising thermometer showing $13,162 raised toward a $15,000 goal for Rochester Accessible Adventures' end-of-year giving campaign; photos of a young woman painting, a man in a yellow kayak, and a couple riding a side-by-side tandem cycle.
12/23/2025
And our Inclusion Partner Spotlight is on....Capt. L J - Tomboy Adventures LLC!
At Capt LJ’s Tomboy Adventures, outdoor enthusiasts and wannabe's — regardless of ability — are invited to get outside and explore! As an active participant in the On The Canals Accessibility Education Program through the New York Power Authority and NYS Canal Corporation Capt LJ has been working hard to enhance accessibility across their exciting offerings.
Read more and get outside all year round with Capt LJ!
Many free and inclusive excursions to choose from throughout the year! Learn how to register and what to plan for!
Two people smiling outdoors near a Fairport sign promoting Capt LJ Tomboy Adventures with winter sledding/snowshoeing and summer kayak tours.
12/22/2025
What a great stocking stuffer for your creative friends (or yourself)! Grab your gift cards from our Inclusion Partner, Stony Point Art Studio and get ready for a fabulous year ahead!
Great gift for kids | Gift for tweens | Encourage artistic growth | Studio Art classes and workshops for adults & children
12/21/2025
Oh what fun it is!
The crew at our Partner, Hudson Crossing Park, Schuylerville, NY is ready for more inclusive fun this winter with the debut of the Kettler sled!
Check out their whole list of things they have been doing to create more inclusive experience at the park on their Accessibility Tab!
Thanks to the NYS Canal Corporation On the Canals program, we’re excited to share that Hudson Crossing Park now has an adaptive sled to help people with mobility challenges fully participate in our Winter on the Canals programs! ❄️
For the first time ever, participants with mobility challenges can join us on a winter hike all the way to Eagle Point during our Fire & Ice Hikes, seamlessly take part alongside other kids during Sledding & S’mores On the Canals, and enjoy our Tracks & Treats excursion without barriers.
The adaptive sled can be reserved during program registration, which opens two weeks before each excursion. We’re proud to keep expanding access so everyone can experience the magic of winter on the canals. 💙
As always, thank you to Rochester Accessible Adventures for your guidance!
Image: Kate, wearing a black jacket and red hat, stands on the back of the sled, while Julie, wearing a red flannel jacket and hat sits in the sled. The sled is green and has seat belts at the feet, knees, and waste, and has a head rest. It also has handles to push the sled, and a rope to pull the sled.
12/21/2025
Have you registered? Don't miss this great evening of film and dialogue!
We'll see you there!
In “The Ride Ahead”, meet Samuel Habib, a typical 21-year-old, itching to move out, start a career, and find love. But no one tells you how to be an adult, let alone an adult with a disability. Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams? The film will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Noelle E. C. Evans, WXXI News education reporter.
EVENT DETAILS:
“The Ride Ahead” Screening + Panel Discussion
Tuesday, January 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6 p.m.)
The Little Theatre, L1 (240 East Avenue)
This is a free event, but reservations are required.
Join Move to IncludeTM for a special FREE screening and panel discussion on transitioning to adulthood for people with disabilities. In “The Ride Ahead”, meet Samuel Habib, a typical 21-year-old, itching to move out, start a career, and find love. But no one tells you how to be an adult, let alo...
12/21/2025
Not often thought about...but Nocs Provisions knows people have different ways of seeing. And monoculars are often the trick for many with a variety of disabilities! Sometimes trying to focus two lenses so you can see the object just doesn't work!
Makes a great gift!
And then, get outside and join our partners who'd love to take you on inclusive and *free* excursions!
Genesee Land Trust
Genesee Valley Audubon Society
Hudson Crossing Park, Schuylerville, NY
Montezuma Audubon Center
Capt. L J - Tomboy Adventures LLC
Durable + Field-Ready
12/21/2025
Calling all artists! Submit your entry for Fairport Canal Days 2026 poster contest!
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Our Community Health Inclusion (CHI) initiatives spread the power and joy of inclusive recreation throughout communities. RAA uses a three-pronged approach to training recreation businesses to operate inclusively whenever their doors are open!! With this new model of true inclusion, it means families and friends can jump in and participate in REAL TIME -- that is, when they want to, with people they want to participate with, and doing things they want to be doing -- ALL WHILE KNOWING their needs will be met!
Our CHI partners include:
Erie Canal Boat Company in Fairport NY and Lockport, NY-- kayak and cycle rentals
Pickled Power -- Rochester NY -- pickleball instruction by Bob Stokes
Victor Parks and Recreation -- Victor NY -- a dynamic community recreation department
Healthy Highway -- a whole-life approach to sustainable wellness by Wendy Cooper
Genesee Valley Park Sports Complex -- training staff to provide inclusive programming
School 29 - Creating an Inclusion Team to address social inclusion throughout the school
Irondequoit Recreation -- starting the process of Inclusion throughout their department
More CHI partners are coming each year! Stay tuned as all of these wonderful entities begin thinking AND OPERATING inclusively so that all members of our community can participate!
Rochester Accessible Adventures works throughout the community (local, regional, and statewide) to bring true accessibility and social inclusion in recreation. We are rarely in "the office" but are happy to meet with you virtually or in person as we are able to. Please contact us via email at RAA@RochesterAccessibleAdventures.org or phone at 585-491-6011. Be assured we will respond to your inquiry!
Thanks for your interest in accessible and inclusive recreation and sports!
