DirectConnect Resource Guide

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A group of people in a green whitewater raft on the Genesee River in Letchworth Gorge. A

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RESOURCES

Note About RAA Inclusion Partners*

*These organizations and programs have started on their journey with RAA to build a culture of inclusion across their operations. We encourage you to contact them and get going on your next adventure!

Download pdfs for more information by clicking on a specific activity or business.

Activity Specific - RAA Inclusion Partners*



ART

Flyer for Stony Point Art Studio, with 2 images of art supplies and artwork in circles. Info about their inclusive art opportunities.

Stony Point Art Studio*opens IMAGE file



Birding

Flyer for Genesee Land Trust with two images of outdoor nature scenes. Info about their inclusive mission and accessible amenities for outdoor explorations.opens PDF file

Genesee Land Trust*opens PDF file

Flyer for Genesee Valley Audubon Society with 2 images of people birding. Info about their inclusive mission and accessibility for people with disabilities.opens PDF file

Genesee Valley Audubon Society*opens PDF file

Flyer for Hudson Crossing Park with images of nature scenes. Info about their inclusive mission, sensory trail, and accessible programming opportunities.opens PDF file

Hudson Crossing Park*opens PDF file

Flyer for NYS DEC Region 8, with info about accessible amenities for accessing nature. An two people birding and a man fishing from an accessible fishing dock.opens PDF file

NYS DEC Region 8*opens PDF file



Boat Tours

A flyer with descriptions of accessibility on Corn Hill Navigation's boats that go on tours along the Erie Canal and the Genesee Riveropens PDF file

Corn Hill Navigation*opens PDF file

Genesse River & Erie Canal



Cycling

A couple smiles by the adaptive kayak launch at Brockport Welcome Center. He is seated in a wheelchair and she is standing beside him, with an orange kayak on the dock behind them.

Brockport
On the Canals*

Guided group excursions

Flyer for Erie Canal Boat Company and inclusive kayak and cycling rentals. Images of people riding adaptive cycles.opens PDF file

Erie Canal Boat Company*opens PDF file

Adaptive & standard cycle rentals

flyer showing first page of a social story for adaptive and inclusive cycling at Erie Canal Boat Companyopens PDF file

social story for cycling!opens PDF file

guide to access ECBC cycles



Fencing

Flyer about Ludus Fencing Studio's inclusive fencing programming. Images of people doing standup and wheelchair fencing.opens PDF file

Ludus Fencing Studio*opens PDF file

Wheelchair, Blind, Standup



Kayaking

Flyer for Captain LJ Tomboy Adventures, with information about their inclusive mission and programming for people with and without disabilities.opens PDF file

Capt LJ Tomboy Adventures*opens PDF file

Guided Excursions

A view down the access ramp towards a kayak launch. People are in various places along the way, heading towards launching their kayaks.

Elevator Alley
Kayak*

Rentals, Guided Excursions

Flyer for Erie Canal Boat Company and inclusive kayak and cycling rentals. Images of people riding adaptive cycles.opens PDF file

Erie Canal Boat
Company*opens PDF file

Rentals, Livery

flyer of first page of a social story for accessing adaptive and inclusive equipment at Erie Canal Boat Companyopens PDF file

social story for kayaking!opens PDF file

Guide to access kayaks at ECBC



Mountain Biking

FLyer for Victor Parks and Recreation, with info about their inclusive mission and their accessible and inclusive community recreation programming.opens PDF file

Victor Parks & Recreation*opens PDF file

Adaptive mountain biking



Pickleball

Four people stand two each on a pickleball court in a gym, their paddles reaching across the net to join together at the end of a game.

Pickleball*

RAA works with area recreation providers



Train Viewing

A youth records two trains passing on nearby tracks from a sheltered viewing platform

Rail fans!

Accessible, covered viewing

Recreation Centers & Libraries - RAA Inclusion Partners*

A flyer with images from a community center, and information about Bayview YMCA's services.opens PDF file

Bay View YMCA*opens PDF file

A flyer with several images from Eastside YMCA along with information about their services.opens PDF file

Eastside YMCA*opens PDF file

Flyer about Irondequoit Public Library and their mission for inclusive experiences and info about their accessibility amenities.opens PDF file

Irondequoit Library*opens PDF file

Flyer for Perinton Recreation and Parks, an Inclusion Partner with RAA; Details about inclusive services and programming.opens PDF file

Perinton Recreation
& Parks*opens PDF file

FLyer for Victor Parks and Recreation, with info about their inclusive mission and their accessible and inclusive community recreation programming.opens PDF file

Victor Parks
& Recreation*opens PDF file

Regional Entities - RAA Inclusion Partners*

Flyer for Captain LJ Tomboy Adventures, with information about their inclusive mission and programming for people with and without disabilities.opens PDF file

Capt LJ
Tomboy Adventures*opens PDF file

Inclusive excursion itineraries, accessible recreation, On The Canals

A view down the access ramp towards a kayak launch. People are in various places along the way, heading towards launching their kayaks.

Elevator Alley Kayak*

Inclusive excursion itineraries, accessible recreation, On The Canals

Flyer for Erie Canal Boat Company and inclusive kayak and cycling rentals. Images of people riding adaptive cycles.opens PDF file

Erie Canal Boat Company*opens PDF file

Adaptive and Standard kayak and cycle rentals offered daily throughout the season

Screenshot of Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor's itinerary for Village to Village, with an village along the canal, boats lining the dock.

Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor*

Inclusive excursion itineraries, accessible recreation, Canalway Challenge

Flyer for Genesee Land Trust with two images of outdoor nature scenes. Info about their inclusive mission and accessible amenities for outdoor explorations.opens PDF file

Genesee Land Trust*opens PDF file

Nature exploration, flora/fauna preservation, birding, trails, nature photography

Flyer for Genesee Valley Audubon Society with 2 images of people birding. Info about their inclusive mission and accessibility for people with disabilities.opens PDF file

Genesee Valley Audubon Society*opens PDF file

Birding, education, and advocacy
with excursions, learning series, and more

FLyer for Girl Scouts of WNY with info about their inclusive mission and their welcoming of girls with and without disabilities.opens PDF file

Girl Scouts of Western New York*opens PDF file

Summer camps and year-round troop opportunities for girls

Flyer for Hudson Crossing Park with images of nature scenes. Info about their inclusive mission, sensory trail, and accessible programming opportunities.opens PDF file

Hudson Crossing Park*opens PDF file


Unique island park, sensory nature trail, inclusive programming, On The Canals

Screenshot WXXI article "Making the Erie Canal more accessible throughout New York State" and two women getting situated in a an adaptive tandem kayak on a BoardSafe Dock at Erie Canal Boat Company in Fairport NY

NYPA On The Canals Accessibility Education Program*

Multiple businesses and locations along the Erie Canalway are increasing access for people with disabilities

Flyer for NYS DEC Region 8, with information about accessible amenities for accessing nature. An two people birding and a man fishing from an accessible fishing dock.opens PDF file

NYSDEC Region 8*opens PDF file

Accessible birding, trails, hunting, kayaking, nature photography and exploration

Flyer for Stony Point Art Studio, with 2 images of art supplies and artwork in circles. Info about their inclusive art opportunities.opens PDF file

Stony Point Art Studio*opens PDF file

Inclusive art classes and On the Canals Programs

Sports/Fitness in Greater Rochester

Two youth in sports chairs are set for the tip off of the wheelchair basketball game. A referee has tossed the ball in the air above them and they both are reaching for the ball.

Inclusive Youth Wheelchair Basketball

Rochester Rockets

Two people seated in chairs get set to spar in a fencing studio, each wearing a fencing helmet

Wheelchair, Standup and Blind Fencing*

Ludus Fencing Studio

A group of six people in hockey sleds on an outdoor ice rink

Sled Hockey

Rochester Sled Hawks & Clinics

A person sits in a sports chair in lacrosse gear talking with a coach standing beside him.

Wheelchair Lacrosse

RAA

A person is seated in a sports chair behind a tennis net ready to volley over the net

Wheelchair Tennis

RAA

Black background with red stripes like speed, "Rochester Wheels" in white lettering in the middle

Adult Wheelchair Basketball

Rochester Wheels

logo for Rochester Rookies, with two red figures, one in a racing chair and one running with a prosthetic leg.

Wheelchair & Ambulatory Track & Field

Rochester Rookies

Screenshot of Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports Wheelchair Football information, with a people in full gear playing football in sports chairs.

Wheelchair Football

Buffalo (GBAS)

Logo for WNY Wreckers wheelchair rugby, with a blazing ball and chain with a fierce face speeding towards the word "Wreckers" which is bent by the impact

Wheelchair Rugby

WNY Wreckers

A woman is rock climbing using an adaptive harness and ratchet gear mechanism to raise herself up the face of the wall

Rock Climbing

Central Rock Gym

group of 12+ people in red jerseys with white sleeves, one person with both arms raised in victory

Beep Baseball

Rochester Pioneers

A white baseball logo crisscrossed with two bats, "Rochester Alternative Baseball"

Adaptive Baseball (standup)

Rochester Alternative Baseball

Round logo "Town of Perinton, Founded in 1812" in black font around the outer ring; tree, green field, and water.

Mighty Dunks Basketball (stand up)

Perinton Recreation

Red movement lines around blue font that says Abilities Movement, Fitness Wellness Independence



Fitness Training

Abilities Movement

Regional Resources

A flyer with "Festival of INclusion" Program Directory and multiple colorful circles in a frame around the title.opens PDF file

*Inclusion Festival Resource Listing*opens PDF file

80+ agencies, organizations & businesses!!

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Autism Nature Trail

The ANT at Letchworth

A logo for Best Buddies, with a colorful two outlines of people with arms around each other's shoulders. Hash marks above them indicate activity.

Best Buddies
New York

Logo for Challenger Miracle Field, cursive "Challenger" over a banner "Miracle Field"

Challenger Miracle Field

tri-fold brochure opened, with three columns of information, "A Guide to Recreation and Leisure for All in Greater Rochester"opens PDF file

Inclusive Recreation Brochureopens PDF file

Circle logo for Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports; red on top half of the outer circle; blue on bottom half of the circle; a artistic rendition of a buffalo outline with wheels for the back legs.

Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports

A logo depicting the outline of the City of Rochester NY with the letters "GRSBA, Greater Rochester Spina Bifida Association"

Greater Rochester Spina Bifida Association

Rending of an inclusive, universal design playground with multiple play elements, a firm and stable ground, and colorful ground colors.

Motion Junction Universal Design Playground

Orange and black logo, "MS" with a swoosh through it and "National Multiple Sclerosis Society" beside it

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Upstate NY

A green map background of US states centered on New York. 266 blue accessible symbols dot the state.

NYS DEC Accessible Destination Map

Red font logo "The Pieters Family Life Center

Pieters Family Life Center

Three green artistic graphic designs that give the impression of people with the letters "R, P, N" one on each figure.

Rochester Parkinson Network

A graphic rendition of a person in a wheelchair, slanted forward as if in motion, with lines denoting speed, "Rochester Spinal Association"

Rochester Spinal Association

Screenshot of an alphabetical listing of service organizationsopens PDF file

Special Needs Parent Resource Fair 2025opens PDF file

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A rafting leader is standing on a whitewater raft on dry ground, explaining details to rafting to the group of people in the background, a mix of people seated in wheelchairs and standing.

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