The sporting life for Madison’s disabled community

Local athletes, like those on the Mad City Badgers, can participate in National Wheelchair Basketball Association tournaments. | Photo via Mad City Wheelchair Sports.

This coming weekend, athletes from across the Midwest will meet for the 2nd annual MadCity Invitational . Middle-school to high-school-aged youth with physical disabilities will take part in a National Wheelchair Basketball Association tournament at the Verona High School gymnasium.

The only tournament of its kind in the area, it was founded by the local nonprofit Dairyland Sports as a way to establish a home tournament for the local MadCity Badgers .

There are several local organizations providing sports and recreational activities for the disabled.

Madison Adaptive Cycling
The nonprofit provides an outdoor cycling experience for differently-abled individuals of all ages.

Madison School and Community Recreation
MSCR offers affordable, community-based recreation, social, physical, and educational programs for individuals of all abilities.

Special Olympics Wisconsin
The organization provides year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports.

There are a great many more recreational opportunities available .

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Jonathan Shipley

Jonathan is based in Madison, WI, having grown up in the Pacific Northwest with a stint in the deep South. He’s written for the Los Angeles Times, BBC Travel, and Discover Magazine. He also got poems published in a German trade magazine for welders (true thing). Around Madison, you’ll find him at a brewery, a ball game, birding, or at a bookstore.

The sporting life for Madison’s disabled community

Local organizations are providing sport and recreational activities for the disabled.