Adaptive training & life skills coaching
There's more than one way to the finish line.
I'm Jake. AdaptAbility Co™ is the training and life skills coaching I do with the special needs community. Adaptive movement, the daily-living skills that actually matter, and real relationships, all built around what each person can already do and where we can go next.
One-on-one and group sessions in Troy, Michigan. Serving Oakland County and beyond.
What makes it work
The training isn't the special part. What we bring to it is.
Plenty of people can run a workout. What changes things for the people I work with is everything around the workout. The way I read a person, the energy I bring into the room, and the world we build together so they actually want to step into it.
I meet each person exactly where they are, find the door that opens for them, and make the work feel like something they chose. When that happens, the strength and the skills and the confidence come almost as a byproduct. More than one parent has told me it was the first time their kid felt seen for everything they can do, instead of measured against everything they can't.
What a session builds
- Adaptive, full-range movement that meets the body where it is
- The daily-living skills that adults actually need to function
- Regulation, confidence, and a person who feels seen
- A relationship steady enough to come back to every week
The idea underneath all of it
Emotions are just energy. And there's more than one way to the finish line.
Picture a pond with a fruit tree beside it, and a circle of animals who all want the fruit. The giraffe reaches it with its neck. The monkey climbs. The bird flies to the top. The fish waits for the fruit to fall into the water. The fish was never going to climb the tree, and that was never the point. It has its own way to the same place.
That's the whole job. I find the way in that fits the person in front of me, instead of measuring them against a path that was built for someone else.
What we offer
Four ways the work reaches people.
Most families start with a conversation about programs. From there it all grows from the same room: a person, a coach, and the belief that they're capable of more than they've been given room to show.
Programs & coaching
One-on-one and group sessions, plus a deep library of programs built for specific conditions and goals. The front door for most families.
See the programs →
Certifications
Five tracks that teach the method to trainers, caregivers, teachers, first responders, and nutrition pros, so good care doesn't depend on me.
See the programs →
The app
A virtual version of the coaching that turns a person's whole plan into a story they can see, hear, and follow.
Meet "virtual me" →
The Foundation
The fund that keeps the work affordable for the families who need it, so cost never decides who gets to train.
How it works →
How connection actually happens
- Sound. Tone matters more than words. In a hard moment my voice goes calm and soft, never loud.
- Sight. I approach slowly, from the front, open posture, down at their level instead of standing over them.
- Touch. The touch barrier comes from the other person, on their timeline. It's offered, never demanded.
How the work feels
Meeting people where they are, not where a worksheet says they should be.
A lot of the people I work with read energy, body language, and tone long before they read words. So the first skill isn't a movement. It's the way I carry myself into the room.
From there the rule is simple: lead, don't boss. I do every rep I ask for. I'm the one getting tagged in the game, the one down on the turf playing along. The participation is the authority. It earns trust a command never will, and it puts me right where the work already lives, at the person's level.
Who it's for
Built for the special needs community, and open to everybody.
My clients with autism and the special needs community are the heart of this, the people it's most important to make the work for. And the door is open to everyone, because real inclusion was never a separate room for some people. It's one room built right, with everyone in it.
Also from AdaptAbility Co
More doorways into the same mission.
The Fruit Tree Books
A children's book series where the kids on the covers look like mine, built around what makes each one phenomenal. With a tool for the grown-up reading along on every back page.
See the books →
Your Friend Jake
A warm, unhurried YouTube series for this community and the kids in it: gentle encouragement, real-life skills, and steady company from a friendly face who genuinely gets them. The calm, kind show this world rarely gets, and deserves.
Follow along →
The Porch Light
A private community for our people and the families beside them. A quieter, kinder corner to ask the honest questions, trade what actually helps, and be reminded you are not doing any of this alone.
Step inside →