Pine Tree OT

Let’s get something straight.

Try It Sports Day is not a consolation prize.
It’s not a watered-down version of sports for kids who “can’t handle” the real thing. It’s a seat at the table that neurodivergent kids have always deserved.

If the assumption that neurodivergent kids can’t be athletes crossed your mind even for a second? That’s ableism. We need to check ourselves.

Here’s the truth: the barrier was never the child. It was the adults around them who didn’t know how to show up for them. That’s what this event is actually about.

Not fixing the kids. Educating the community.

Training coaches and volunteers on what real inclusion looks like in practice so that every kid gets the same experience.

Neurodivergent kids are not less capable. Not less competitive. Not less deserving. They are underserved. And we’re changing that.

Try It Sports Day. This July. Hermon High School. 🌲⚽

I spent a whole series naming the gaps. Now I’m building bridges.

⚽️Try It Sports Day is neurodivergent kids getting to belong in community, getting to try sports, getting to be part of something bigger than therapy and school.

⚾️In small towns, the support doesn’t exist yet, so we’re creating it. OTs can lead this. We can train coaches. We can show communities what inclusive actually means.

🏃🏾‍♀️This is what happens when we stop just talking and start doing.