{"id":218031,"date":"2020-02-07T08:39:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=218031"},"modified":"2020-02-06T01:00:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:00:28","slug":"baseball-league-kids-disabilities-celebrates-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baseball-league-kids-disabilities-celebrates-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Field of Dreams: Baseball league for kids with disabilities celebrates 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A very special sports league is celebrating a decade of fun. Field of Dreams<\/a>, a baseball league in Jacksonville, Florida, was founded over 10 years ago, and celebrated its inaugural season in 2010. This weekend, a boisterous game took place, with family members, friends, and fans there to cheer on the league’s participants.<\/p>\n

Chuck Forcier was one of the founders of Field of Dreams, all of whom were fathers and youth baseball coaches. After they were approached by special needs families about participating, they realized there was a need for these kids to be able to play. “Rather than tell the children they couldn’t play, we decided to form a league for all children with special needs, not just autistic children,” Forcier said in an interview with First Coast News<\/a>. “Children in wheelchairs, visually-impaired children, and that’s how this was created.”<\/p>\n

The field they play on is specially designed for kids with physical and intellectual disabilities alike, and it’s open to kids between the ages of 5 and 21. Anyone who wants to is allowed to play, regardless of their abilities. And thanks to local sponsors, registration and uniforms for the team are free.<\/p>\n