• Age range of participants:
  
  0 - 3 years: No
  
  3 - 5 years: No
  
  6 - 12 years: Yes
  
  13 - 18 years: Yes
  
  18 - 21 years: No

• Accessible by Public Transportation: No
  
  
• Transportation Provided by the Program: No

This program offers Learn to Skate / Instructional Hockey for children age 5 to 16 with Down syndrome, Autism, or any other developmental disability. Ice sessions are held Saturday mornings at Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, and continue from October � through March. No previous skating experience is required; enrollment is open throughout the season. The program is open to any boy or girl who is physically able to play, but would be unable to participate in any other organized program due to his or her developmental disability. Players must be free from any physical or medical condition that could cause them to do harm to themselves or to other participants during participation. The minimum equipment required for the program will be skates (single blade hockey skates) and a hockey helmet with face mask. We have historically found that players who have elbow pads, knee pads, hockey pants (with the standard tail-bone pad) tend to get up smiling when they fall � a great motivator for new skaters! The city of Pawtucket has donated some used hockey equipment for participants in the program. We may be able to help out in this area