Nov 02, 2014 06:03 PM EST By J Baulkman, UniversityHerald Reporter

Auburn University in Alabama has launched an inclusive sports event for youth in the area, school officials announced.

The school's Adapted Sports Program launched Tiger Sports Day for children and young adults between the ages or 8 and 18 on Saturday. The event was held from1 to 3 p.m. in the Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum.

The program provided an opportunity for youth with physical disabilities and visual impairments to participate in adapted sports, including wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, hand cycling and other recreational activities. All activities were guided by Auburn University's adapted sport specialist aided by Auburn University adapted athletes, students and staff.

"We believe that adapted sports are just sports that utilize different equipment so that anyone can play," Jared Rehm, adapted sports specialist at Auburn University, said in a statement. "Tiger Sports Days are our way of teaching that to children in the local community."

The Adapted Sports Program is a collaboration of the Auburn University Office of Accessibility and the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education.

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