We are so excited to welcome Cassie DiOrio to our Community Connection series! Cassie shares her experience as a mom and advocate in the autism community. We know you’re going to love learning all about her experience and recommendations!

Next up in our Community Connection series, we welcome Candace Perreault! Candace shares her experience co-founding Rock the Spectrum in addition to her family’s experience in the Inclyousion Sports program.

You’ve registered your child for their age appropriate little league. You’ve purchased the cleats, the pants, the bat, the glove, and the helmet as suggested by the registration website. The opening day ceremonies are approaching, and you’re wondering, how the heck is this going to go for my child?

For parents of school-aged children, April vacation is fast approaching, which means many of us are scrambling to figure out how we’re going to keep our kids busy for a whole week while also trying not to break the bank.

We are thrilled to introduce you to our next guest, Dr. Giancarlo Fusco, who shares his experience with supporting families and children at the Integrated Center for Child Development (ICCD).

Meet Lisa, who has been working in the field supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be active and engaged within her community since 1984!

We are so excited to introduce a new blog series called Coaches Corner! This series is an opportunity for the Inclyousion Sports community to hear directly from our talented coaches and we know you’re going to love learning about them and from them!

Have you considered trying inclusive sports? If your child doesn’t have a disability, and you’re not sure what the benefits of inclusive sports classes, like Inclyousion Sports, might be, keep reading!

There are five benefits of inclusive sports for children without disabilities that we have seen

As many communities prepare for elections this Spring, you may be wondering who and what is on your local ballot. Voting in local elections is critical, particularly to ensure adequate representation of community demographics, yet according to the National Civic League, “only 15 to 27 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot in their local election”. This results in an unrepresentative and small group of residents deciding how local governments distribute services and spend their budget (New York Times).

Next up in our Community Connection blog series is Kaitlyn Fusco! You may have learned about Kaitlyn in the Inclyousion Sports February newsletter, and we know you’ll love learning more about her story below.

Last week, Greg and I presented at UMass Boston in an adapted physical activity class taught by Lisa Drennan, founder of Merge Consulting.

Community Connection will share perspectives from people who are involved in inclusion work, across diverse careers and community volunteer roles, as well as through personal experiences. We hope that through reading about experiences and ideas from people in your community, you feel inspired to continue on your own journey towards building a more inclusive world.

At Inclyousion Sports, we’re actively working to identify and remove barriers to children’s participation in youth sports. In honor of IWD, we reflect on why girls are not participating equally with boys in youth sports and how, together, we can influence change.

Following several parents’ requests for where to purchase equipment from our Danvers, MA classes, I wanted to share Coach Greg’s Most Loved Sports Equipment list in honor of Valentine’s Day.

If you’ve seen our introductory posts on our professional and personal motivation for starting Inclyousion Sports, you may be thinking “Ok yes I’m in, how do I sign-up?!”. Our current in-person class offerings are here . Nearly all Danvers classes are at capacity and our new Spring 2022 classes in Peabody and Revere have limited availability, so if you’ve been thinking of joining, don’t wait! Once we’re full, we’ll be implementing waitlists until further expansion is possible.

We hope that by learning about our experiences leading to the founding of Inclyousion Sports, you feel seen and understood a little bit more. Greg shared his inspiration for launching this business based on his professional experiences that pointed to a gap in programming. I came to learn about the gap in programming from a personal perspective back in Spring 2021…

Coach Greg here. You will very frequently see me start my email/blog post with a “hi team” or a “hey team” because that is the feeling I want to convey. We started this business, and I am in this line of work to make everyone feel valued, heard, and that we are all on the same TEAM.

We are Greg and Kristen Perkins, Founders of Inclyousion Sports, and we are so glad that you’re here. Our goal with this blog is to share our journey towards making high quality sports programs accessible to all children.