Swimming matters more for autistic children than most parents realize, because drowning is a leading cause of death for kids on the spectrum who wander. Aurora families have a special recreation association that runs aquatics for people with disabilities across the Fox Valley park districts, a swim school in Naperville with adaptive lessons, and autism-specific low-sensory classes in St. Charles.
Swim skills and drills and other aquatics programs run exclusively for people with disabilities by FVSRA, the special recreation association serving the Fox Valley, Batavia, Geneva, Oswegoland, St. Charles and Sugar Grove park districts around Aurora.
Visit siteAdaptive swim lessons as a named program with customized sessions, at 1265 S Naper Blvd in Naperville, just east of Aurora; sign-up is by phone rather than online.
Visit siteAutism-specific low-sensory swim classes at Swanson Pool and Otter Cove Aquatic Park in St. Charles, with staff trained by Fox Valley Special Recreation on working with all abilities, plus semi-private and private options.
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