AccesSportAmerica

AccesSportAmerica offers high-challenge sports and training for children and adults of all disabilities. Its activities include adaptive windsurfing, Hawaiian Outrigger Canoeing, kayaking, stand-up paddling, surfing, tennis, gait training, Thursday Night Soccer & Conditioning, Tennis & Conditioning, Maui Soccer & Conditioning, and sports camps.

Programs

• Changing lives through sports and training / sports and training for children and adults of all disabilities — children and adults of all disabilities · The mission states the organization aims to inspire higher function and fitness through high-challenge sports and training.
• High-challenge water sports — all people of all ages and abilities/disabilities · Includes adaptive windsurfing, Hawaiian Outrigger Canoeing, Kayaking, stand-up paddling, surfing, and tennis depending on the site and program.
• Gait Training — Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, year-round · Revolutionary and innovative program to improve walking and running using The AccesSportAmerica Gait Trainer and protocol. Lexington, Cotting School.
• Thursday Night Soccer & Conditioning — Thursday evenings, October – April · High-energy workout with quality coaching includes skill building, resistance training, conditioning games and the sport. Cotting School, Lexington MA.
• Tennis & Conditioning — October – May · Allston, Harvard University Indoor Courts.
• Maui programs — all people of all ages and abilities/disabilities · year-round · Includes Soccer & Conditioning, Hawaiian Outrigger Canoeing, and Windsurfing year-round on Maui.
• Sports Camps — one-two week overnight camp adventures · Offered in partnership with Zeno Mountain Farm.

At a glance

• Ages: 5–18 years old
• General schedule: Year-round programs in Massachusetts; Maui programs year-round; sports camps in March.

About the provider

AccesSportAmerica was founded in 1996, and the site says it is celebrating 31 years. Its mission is to inspire higher function and fitness for children and adults of all disabilities through high-challenge sports and training. Ross Lilley has twice received the Boston Celtics’ Heroes Among Us Award and the Massachusetts Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports’ Neighborhood Superstar Award, and he is a National Council on Strength and Fitness certified personal trainer. Nate Berry is also a National Council on Strength and Fitness certified personal trainer.

All programs require advance registration. No drop-ins. The Maui page says the organization is not accepting applications for non-referral self-pay individuals at this time.

What families say

“AccesSportAmerica is a fantastic program and deserves as much support as possible. I have followed the growth of the organization and its concept for many years…indeed I know of no other organization that brings such passion and expertise.” — Dr. Timothy Johnson

“AccesSportAmerica has created a new vision of fitness and fun for athletes with disabilities. We are proud to support this ground-breaking work.” — Jean Whitney

“Our son Jesse, though confined to a wheelchair, was able to fly across water with the wonderful programs provided by AccesSportAmerica. We will never forget the joy it brought him.” — Marianne and Chris Cooper

Last updated September 4, 2026.