Shake-A-Leg has its origins in Newport, Rhode Island, when 22-year-old Harry Horgan was paralyzed resulting from an automobile accident. Dissatisfied with then available programs to help disabled people to engage in their mental and physical recovery, Harry decided to ?shake-a-leg? {pun intended} and create, from scratch, a place where people of all abilities could break down previously impervious barriers.

The sailing program that Harry established soon became known nationally. In 1990, Dr. Barth Green, Chief of Neurosurgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital and a co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, recruited Harry to start a year-round program in Miami. Shake-A-Leg soon made its mark and today works in partnership with the City of Miami; Miami-Dade County Public Schools; and a host of community organizations, federal, state and local agencies; foundations, and private philanthropists to serve people with disabilities, disadvantaged children and their families and the entire community.

Shake-A-Leg Miami is one of the largest adaptive water sports facilities in the United States, having earned a well-deserved reputation for excellence and innovation. Its integration of education, recreation, health and wellness, and workforce training serves to enhance an already superb reputation and promises further expansion in the very near future.