Adaptive Bocce

Written By Enabling Engineering

Building a ramp out of PVC pipe to throw the ball for those who have restrictive mobility with their upper body.

The Need

Many people living with disabilities do not have the ability to participate in sports and recreation activities that able-bodied individuals have access to. The aim of the Boston Self Help Center is to provide those with disabilities access to sports and recreation opportunities to improve their physical and mental health and wellbeing. The Boston Self Help Center is looking to begin an adaptive Boccia program with the goal of gaining participants from the Boston community who live with physical disabilities. Boccia ramps will help to make the sport accessible to those with a wide range of physical disabilities.

The Solution

2 ramps will be made for use by the BSHC in creating an adaptive boccia program for disabled persons in the Boston area. These ramps may be used for weekly meetings of program members. 1 ramp will be brought to a service site in Ecuador. This ramp will be used by children with physical disabilities in Ecuador and provided to the site during the next trip upon completion of the project. The last two ramps are for by the Boston Home. If residents are interested in frequent use of these boccia ramps for recreation, we will consider making an additional two ramps for the site depending on funding. These ramps could potentially be used in conjunction with Northeastern service learning students to assist the residents in playing the sport, and develop a new service learning site for the school.

The Team

  • Dylan Hogan

  • Jennifer Yeo

  • Ryan Potechin

  • Deekshita Gorrepati

  • Lavanya Senthil

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