Adapted Movement Programs

Making fitness accessible for everyone

The School of Health & Human Science's Adapted Movement Programs helps people with disabilities improve their overall physical, cognitive, and social function. The three clinics also provide a service learning opportunity for students, who get real-world experience as they work directly with clients. A community board of advisors promotes the clinics, raises funds, and guides program services.

Volunteer and participant smile during an adapted movement clinic.

Fun games are played with a participant including catch during a clinic.

A child smiles big as he plays on a scooter with an IUPUI student volunteer.

Program participant gives the IUPUI mascot a high five at one of the clinics.

Participants and volunteers of the Live Laugh Dance event smile in this photo.

Clinics in the Adapted Movement Programs

Ability Fitness Clinic

The Ability Fitness Clinic provides physical fitness programming for young adults with disabilities.

Live Laugh Dance

Live Laugh Dance uses dance to help adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome develop their social skills.

Motor Activity Clinic

The Motor Activity Clinic helps children with disabilities work on their basic motor skills.

Promoting Adapted Sports Skills Clinic

The Promoting Adapted Sports Skills Clinic provides a unique opportunity for individuals with disabilities to receive sport-related instruction with a sibling.

56%of people with disabilities do not engage in any physical activity

Our mission

The IUPUI Adapted Movement Programs (AMP) offers family-centered, community-based physical activity programs for all individuals with disabilities. We believe quality physical activity and exercise equip people with enhanced opportunities for healthy, independent, and dignified living.

Utilizing undergraduate kinesiology students and trained volunteers who are educated in best-practice service delivery, we are committed to providing clients with specialized individual programming that meet their specific needs.

Our vision

Transforming lives and empowering individuals with disabilities through adapted physical activity.

Our beliefs

A female student helps a young child walk in the Motor Activity Clinic.

Quality physical activity and exercise give people with disabilities opportunities for independence and help them live dignified lives.
Quality physical activity and exercise meet the needs of individuals and families.
Best practice in physical activity and exercise programming is family driven and community-based.
Students learn better when actively engaged in community-based programs.
Service learning programs involving people with disabilities develop better-prepared professional practitioners.