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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we are getting 2 things confused.  Rec is for everyone, but it takes special training to handle kids with disabilities.  They should have an opportunity to play, but it has to be with trained coaches, not your normal volunteer coach.  That would be a disservice to both coach and player.[/quote]

Most of the kids with disabilities are FINE. If a kid on the spectrum doesn't focus during the game, or doesn't go after the ball, it may affect the score but it doesn't affect anything else. It is NBD in Rec.

The most disruptive kids are the totally neurotypical kids who just don't want to be there, or who want to be wrestling with their buddies instead of following directions. Between my husband and me, with our multiple very sporty kids, we have coached several dozen sports teams over the years. I can't imagine there are many families who have coached more.

It might take a lot of patience and a sense of humor but, with rare exceptions, it takes NO special training. Of course there may be the occasional kid who really can't participate--we have never had even one--but what we are talking about in this thread, the fifty percent of kids who are not that into it, or not that good, or easily distracted, or digging in the dirt, come on people. Lighten up. Can you have an "it takes a village attitude" for an hour or two a week during a couple short seasons per year??? It is good for the kids to have all kinds of friends. My kids are into sports and ended up leaving rec to play more competitively but they loved their time in rec and made a lot of lasting friendships .

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