Frenship ISD hosts Special Education Adaptive Field Day

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Special Education Adaptive Field Day is dedicated to providing inclusion and excitement through physical activity for students with disabilities.

Jennifer Pierce, Director of Special Education at Frenship ISD, says today’s event allows them to just be kids. The event is hosted at Frenship’s Peoples Bank Stadium.

“We are able to provide that for them here in an inclusive environment,” Pierce said. “We understand that there may be some challenges, but we work with that everyday, so we are just glad for them to come out here and have a good time.”

There were over 20 stations of different activities adaptively created for all of the kids to enjoy.

Frenship ISD student JJ Broadus says he was looking forward to the event and all the activities it had to offer.

“For the games and being out here with my friends,” Broadus said. “Volleyball, I keep looking over there and I’m like, ‘I can’t wait to play that game.’”

Volunteer Dare Walker along with his son, Devon, believe this event shows having a disability does not hold that person back.

“I think it shows them that they can do anything that any other kid can do; it just may take them a few minutes longer,” Walker said.

Pierce says they look forward to this event every year and seeing the kids’ smiles makes it all worth it.

“Children of alike disabilities being able to come together and just have a good time, they are having fun and laughing and running and getting to be free,” Pierce said.