EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO PLAY SPORTS HERE AT BETHANY CHILDREN’S HEALTH CENTER. THEY MAKE SPORTS ADAPTIVE, BUT NOW THEY’RE TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. ANNUALLY WE HAVE ADOPTED SPORTS AND WE OFFER NONCOMPETITIVE ADAPTIVE SPORTS. BUT SOMETHING NEW THAT BETHANY CHILDREN’S IS GOING TO START IS OUR COMPETITIVE SIDE OF THAT. COMPETITIVE PARA SPORTS ARE COMING TO BETHANY CHILDREN’S STARTING SEPTEMBER 1ST. THE LOCAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WILL LAUNCH MULTIPLE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAMS, AND IN JANUARY WILL BEGIN ADAPTIVE TRACK AND FIELD ACTIVITIES. HERE WE GO. SIT ON THERE. BUT UNTIL THEN, ALYSSA SHOWED KOCO SEVERAL OF THE ADAPTED SPORTS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THROUGH OCTOBER AT BETHANY CHILDREN’S FOR PATIENTS TO LET LOOSE AND HAVE FUN. OUR ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM IS HERE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 530 TO 6:30 P.M., AND IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR INPATIENT OUTPATIENT, COMMUNITY KIDDOS WITH COGNITIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH REGULAR SPORTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BEING ABLE TO COMPETE ALONGSIDE THEIR PEERS, AND WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT BARRIER. FAMILIES INTERESTED IN BOTH THE RECREATIONAL AND COMPETITIVE SPORTS CAN REACH OUT TO BETHANY
Bethany Children’s Health Center introduces competitive adaptive sports
Bethany Children’s Health Center is launching competitive adaptive sports for children with developmental disabilities, including wheelchair basketball and adapted track and field.
Updated: 10:17 PM CDT Jul 11, 2025
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Bethany Children’s Health Center is set to offer competitive adaptive sports for children with developmental disabilities, starting with wheelchair basketball teams on Sept. 1 and adapted track and field activities in January. >> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel”Annually, we have adapted sports and we offer non-competitive adaptive sports, but something new Bethany Children’s is going to start is our competitive side of that,” said Catherine Kwitowski, the adapted recreation and fine arts complex manager at Bethany Children’s Health CenterEvery child deserves to play sports. Here at Bethany Children’s Health Center, they’ve made sports adaptive, but now they’re taking it to the next level.”Our adaptive sports program is here every Thursday night from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and it includes all of our inpatient and outpatient community kiddos with cognitive and developmental disabilities,” said Emily Bedford, a recreational therapist at Bethany Children’s Health Center.”There are challenges with regular sports and individuals with physical disabilities being able to compete alongside their peers, and we want to eliminate that barrier,” Kwitowski said.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Families interested in both recreational and competitive sports can reach out to Bethany Children’s Health Center for more information by clicking here.Top HeadlinesTIMELINE: Severe storms could bring damaging wind, flooding to Oklahoma this weekendGrocery store closure in small Oklahoma towns potentially leave 85 employees joblessEdmond CityLink manager taken to hospital after being stabbed by passenger, police sayWater bottles sold at Walmart recalled after causing vision lossOSDE introduces ‘America First Assessment’ for teachers moving from certain states
Bethany Children’s Health Center is set to offer competitive adaptive sports for children with developmental disabilities, starting with wheelchair basketball teams on Sept. 1 and adapted track and field activities in January.
>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel
“Annually, we have adapted sports and we offer non-competitive adaptive sports, but something new Bethany Children’s is going to start is our competitive side of that,” said Catherine Kwitowski, the adapted recreation and fine arts complex manager at Bethany Children’s Health Center
Every child deserves to play sports. Here at Bethany Children’s Health Center, they’ve made sports adaptive, but now they’re taking it to the next level.
“Our adaptive sports program is here every Thursday night from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and it includes all of our inpatient and outpatient community kiddos with cognitive and developmental disabilities,” said Emily Bedford, a recreational therapist at Bethany Children’s Health Center.
“There are challenges with regular sports and individuals with physical disabilities being able to compete alongside their peers, and we want to eliminate that barrier,” Kwitowski said.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Families interested in both recreational and competitive sports can reach out to Bethany Children’s Health Center for more information by clicking here.
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