Miracle League of Ottawa: How a Blue Jays fan’s love of baseball opened the game to kids in wheelchairs

As a child, Bryce Desrochers dreamt of playing his beloved baseball without additional barriers.

Born into a sports-loving family and dressed in Blue Jays threads from a young age, he was part of a recreational league in an Ottawa suburb. But navigating traditional dirt baseball diamonds was difficult in a wheelchair. Bryce, now 23, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at six months old.