Project Insight

Project Insight (P.I.) is a division of the the San Francisco, California Recreation & Parks Department which provides recreational and learning activities for hearing-impaired and vision-impaired children, teenagers, young adults.

Founded circa 1990, Project Insight is based at Wawona Clubhouse^[1] in the Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove, two miles south of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Participants, staff and volunteers use American Sign Language.

Purpose and activities[edit | edit source]

Because disabled youth are often isolated from their hearing peer group and excluded from recreational and group social experiences, Project Insight:

Strives to integrate young people with disabilities into the general community,^[1]^[2] while supporting their individuality, independence, dignity, and cultural diversity
Promotes learning and development, focusing on self-expression, teamwork, education and building cognitive, social and motor skills
Provides a variety of recreation, outdoor adventure and cultural activities, including:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Project Insight website" (html). (includes photo albums from skiing, rock climbing and white water rafting trips). External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Sense of stroke" (html). Gilroy Dispatch. 29 October 2003. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Nanette Asimov (16 September 2006). "Robinson Wadsworth — musician, adventurer" (html). San Francisco Chronicle. Taiko drumming — thunderous and thrilling — was tailor-made for his kids at Project Insight, decided Mr. Wadsworth, who kept a set of drums at the Recreation and Park Department. The drums were so loud that many youngsters could hear their sounds, [P.I. Director] Metcalf-Tobin said. Even those who were profoundly deaf could feel the drum's vibrations. "They'd just go wild on it," he said. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "Taiko Drumming at NTID" (html). Sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf and PEN-International with support from San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka and Project Insight staff member Artist in residence (photo gallery). Three week program, February 1-21, 2004. Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)