Key Partnerships
Doman International
The Turner Foundation is proud to announce our partnership with Doman International. Doman International is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching and empowering parents in the development of their child with special needs. Their elite team of qualified and experienced staff give parents the tools, knowledge, and coaching you need to help your child reach their full potential in life.
Doman mission is to help children with special needs achieve complete wellness. They educate parents about the Doman Method® with courses and seminars, and provide personalized guidance to families during evaluation visits with our staff. They strive to help every child with special needs worldwide.
To learn more visit domaninternational.org
Grace Fisher Foundation
The Grace Fisher Foundation exists to connect children living with disabilities to music, art, dance, and other forms of artistic expression in order to provide an accessible space for community inclusion, education, creation, and self-discovery.
Shown in the photo: Dean Wilson with Grace Fisher and her mother, Debbie of the The Grace Fisher Foundation, a Turner Foundation Partner. Watch the Good Life TV Episode with Grace at goodlifetelevision.org/watch.
Special Olympics
Through the power of sports, people with intellectual disabilities discover new strengths and abilities, skills and success. Our athletes inspire people in their communities and elsewhere to open their hearts to a wider world of human talents and potential.
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
To learn more visit: specialolympics.org
Young Life Capernaum
Young Life Capernaum gives young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities the chance to experience fun and adventure, to develop fulfilling relationships and to challenge their limits while building self-esteem through club, camp, and other exciting activities.
Capernaum is about creating ministry spaces where teens and young adults with disabilities can meet Jesus and grow in their faith. This often looks like a Capernaum club specifically designed with our friends in mind, but it can also look like Young Life areas weaving intentional inclusion into their traditional Young Life, Wyldlife, and college ministries. Ultimately, the vision is that all students with disabilities would have a sense of belonging within Young Life.
To learn more visit: capernaum.younglife.org
Tri-County Independent Living Resource Center
The Independent Living Resource Center is a public-benefit, nonprofit organization that promotes the Independent Living (IL) philosophy and its tenets of full access, equal opportunity, and maximum success and self-sufficiency for all people with disabilities.
ILRC has four offices serving the vast tri-counties region, covering San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
Most consumers come to ILRC when they encounter physical or societal barriers to independent living.
To learn more visit: ilrc-trico.org
Santa Barbara Artworks
Santa Barbara Art Works is an artist studio-gallery with a primary goal of helping artists with disabilities create, show, and sell their work. Secondly, we are an integrative community space for local artists to collaborate on exhibits, teach classes, and create works of art.
Santa Barbara Art Works hopes to break down barriers for people with disabilities, so that its participants are encouraged everyday, working towards finding their artistic voice and employment opportunities in the arts industry.
Santa Barbara Art Works is under the family of services of
Momentum WORK, Inc.
To learn more visit: sbartworks.org
Ralph DeQuebec
Paralympic Hockey Gold Medalist
Ralph DeQuebec joined the United States Marine Corps at 19. During his third combat deployment, he would be critically injured from an IED blast and would receive a Purple Heart for his actions in combat. During his recovery, he would discover the sport of Para Ice Hockey and once again represent his country in the Paralympic games. Ralph is a two-time Paralympic Gold Medalist, Purple Heart recipient and co-founder of We Are All One Story.
To learn more visit: "We Are All One Story"
Bob Kotowski
Teaching blind and disabled golfers at the ZACA Creek Golf course
Bob Kotowski PGA has been a golf instructor and personal coach to over 15,000 students, and offers experience gained from over 55 years of hands on, “dig it out of the dirt” golf history.
Throughout his career, Bob was able to work with blind, disabled and adaptive golfers. This presented the opportunity to learn from, and develop The Blind and disabled adaptive golf program, and be able to help all players, regardless of limitations.
To learn more about Bob visit: backswing.com
To learn more about the ZACA Creek golf program visit: discoverbuellton.com
Joni & Friends
Joni and Friends is built on Biblical truth and the foundation of Jesus Christ. Since 1979, we've been advancing disability ministry and changing the church and communities around the world. The Joni and Friends International Disability Center (IDC) serves as the administrative center for ministry programs and locations across the United States which provide outreach to thousands of families impacted by disability around the globe.
To learn more visit: joniandfriends.org
Access Trax
Access Trax envisions bringing communities together to help all gain access to outdoor recreation. Access Trax will be a leader in promoting inclusion and accessibility through product development, volunteerism, education, and advocacy. We will focus on providing innovative and cost-effective solutions for accessibility.
Co-Founders Kelly and Eric both attended graduate school at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in San Diego, CA where they were studying to become occupational therapists. Kelly and Eric were inspired to help local adaptive surfers cross the sand to the waters edge in their wheelchairs with dignity and independence
To learn more visit: accesstraxsd.com
Free Wheelchair Mission
Free Wheelchair Mission is a humanitarian, faith-based nonprofit that designs and manufactures cost-efficient, durable wheelchairs for developing countries around the world.
In collaboration with a network of like-minded partners, Free Wheelchair Mission has distributed more than 1.3 million wheelchairs to people living with disabilities in 94 developing countries around the world, providing renewed dignity, independence, and hope through the gift of mobility, at no cost to the recipient.
To learn more visit: freewheelchairmission.org
Alpha Resource Center
Alpha believes that everyone has a valuable contribution to make. They empower individuals with intellectual and similar developmental disabilities to make their mark on the world.Their programs bring ability to the fore and highlight potential as they support families, create opportunities, and foster belonging.
Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara will empower individuals by creating opportunities for adults to determine what they want from life and to pursue their own hopes, dreams and goals.
To learn more visit: alphasb.org