Jessica Franz, a Port Huron area mom, is committed to finding recreational opportunities for her 20-year-old special needs son. Team sports are hard to find for older kids who still need that team experience and organized physical activity.
Franz is spearheading an effort to organize a kickball league that includes young adults living on the autism spectrum, or with other special needs. It will be called KOS, Kicking Out Stigma.
Franz said that it has been harder to find recreational sports for her son, Gabe, as he has gotten older. Gabe is an active young man who is interested in trains, fishing, and bowling, but what he really wants is to join a sports team, just like his younger siblings.
When she couldn’t find what she was looking for, Jessica Franz decided to start a league of her own and to put out the call for interested players. There is a possibility of future collaboration with Community Mental Health. The league would get started in mid-June.
Kicking Out Stigma Kickball League: Jessica Franz, jahgm@hotmail.com, 810-990-5118
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
