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Camps for Kids and Adults with Disabilities
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Alternative Summer Camps - Therapeutic
wilderness experiences for adolescents, pre-teens, and
adults. Descriptions and links for a variety of programs
in different states.
- "BuddyUp"
Program is for children in Feasterville, PA.
They offer a two-week summer program for children ages 10
- 13 with Asperger's Syndrome. Focus is on social thinking
and social skills with an emphasis on skills-building and
performance through the development of individual
competencies and positive peer interactions.
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Camp Allen -
Private, non-profit, residential
summer camp for individuals with physical and/or
developmental disabilities. Located in Bedford, New
Hampshire. Schedule, activities, photos, and application
forms.
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Camp Awareness
was developed by Sue Hansen for higher functioning kids
and adults located in Indiana.
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Camp Courageous -
Year-round recreational and respite
care activities in a camp setting in Iowa.
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Camp
Determination - Kansas City, KS for children with AS
is sponsored by the Autism Asperger Resource Center
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Camp Easter Seals New Mexico -
Offers one-week sessions for kids
and adults with physical and/or mental disabilities. Held
at Kamp Kiwanis in Vanderwagen, New Mexico. Past season
recaps, staff, map, and contact information.
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Camp Huntington - Co-ed,
overnight, 7-week program serving 6-21 year old campers
with Learning and Developmental Disabilities, ADD, PDD,
autism and other special needs. Located in High Falls, New
York. Activities, daily schedule, facilities, dates,
rates, and information request form.
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Camp Jened - Provides
a vacation for adults who have a wide range of physical
and developmental disabilities, such as Cerebral Palsy,
Downs Syndrome, Autism and Behavior Disorders. Located in
New York.
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Camp Kodiak is a
residential camp for children and teens with learning
disabilities and attention deficit disorder in Canada
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Camp Lee Mar - All
the fun and activities of a traditional summer camp. Also
academics, speech and language therapy, and vocational
preparation.
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Camp Nuhop - A
summer residential program for any youngster from 6 to 16
with a learning disability, behavior disorder, or
attention deficit disorder.
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Camp Northwood
- "Since 1976, Camp Northwood has been providing quality
programming to a coed population of 150 children in need
of structure and individualization. The Camp Northwood
program is oriented toward a population of socially
immature, isolated, non-aggressive children ranging in age
from 8-18 that experience difficulties in social and
academic settings due to a variety of types of learning
challenges."
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Camp Oakhurst - Serves
children and adults with physical disabilities. Summer
camp, year round respite and vacation programs. Located in
New Jersey.
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Camp Optimism - A
residential summer camp for handicapped children with
mental or physical disabilities. Located in Virginia
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Camp Ramah in
Wisconsin is a unique Jewish community in the Northwoods
of Wisconsin. Each summer campers and staff experience the
wonders of nature, learn from dynamic teachers and
specialists, expand their own creativity and explore being
Jewish.
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Camp ReCreation - A
residential summer camp program in California which offers
participants with developmental disabilities opportunities
for fun, social interaction, skill development, and
spiritual growth while increasing the awareness and
acceptance of participants in the larger community.
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Camp Rotary - Residential
summer camp for children and adults with physical or
developmental disabilities. Located on Grand Lake in New
Brunswick, Canada. Schedule, programs, facilities, photos,
and detailed information for campers and parents.
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Camp Rubber Soul - A
recreation camp offering one week overnight sessions for
children with varying degrees of disabilities. A one to
one counselor ratio offers a unique, fulfilling, and
rewarding experience.
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Camp Starfish - Serves
emotionally, behaviorally, and learning disabled children
by providing a safe therapeutic milieu in a natural camp
setting with a one-one camper to staff ratio. Description
of Massachusetts camp, pictures, camper and counselor
applications.
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Camp Summit - A
residential camp in Texas for children, youth, and adults
who are developmentally delayed, physically challenged,
multi-disabled or dual sensory impaired
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Camp Tamarack -
Summer programs for children and
teens with learning disabilities, offering academic
instruction and traditional camp activities. Located in
Saskatchewan, Canada. Mission, programs, and forms for
campers and staff.
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Camp Thorpe - Located
in Goshen, Vermont. Operates two summer camp programs -
one for adults and one for children. Accepts children ages
10-20 with a variety of physical and mental challenges
including cerebral palsy, developmental delays, epilepsy,
muscular dystrophy, moderate emotional difficulties,
down-syndrome, and abuse histories. The adult program's
campers are primarily developmentally disabled. However,
some campers are physically challenged, autistic, have
moderate behavioral problems, and have personal care
needs. Program, schedule, directions, and application
form.
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Camp Timberwolf - Experiential
outdoor tent camping program for boys and girls ages 6
through 12 with ADD, ADHD, LD, OCD and similar behavioral
challenges. Based on the grounds of Highland Lake Inn and
Country Retreat in Flat Rock, North Carolina. Program,
staff, dates, rates, and online registration.
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Camp Thunderbird -Six
or twelve-day sessions available between June and August
for developmentally disabled individuals of all ages.
Located at Wekiva Springs State Park in Apopka, Florida.
Application, schedule, rates, and contact information.
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Camp Winston - Offers
residential recreational summer programs for campers with
complex neurological disorders such as Tourette Syndrome,
ADD/ADHD, learning disabilities, Oppositional Defiant
Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder,
autism, and other PDD spectrum disorders. Located on
Sparrow Lake in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canda.
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Easter Seals Wisconsin - Camp
Wawbeek for children and adults ages seven and up with
physical disabilities with mild to no cognitive
impairments; Respite Camp for children and adults who have
more involved disabilities that require one-on-one
attention.
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Camps 4R Kids Foundation -
A non-profit organization that
seeks donations to fund free family camps and recreational
experiences for kids with disabilities and their families
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Camping Unlimited is
a residential camp for children
with developmental disabilities in Northern California's
Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Children's Association for Maximum
Potential (C.A.M.P.) -
A Texas non-profit organization
that provides camping and respite services to children
with developmental, physical and mental disabilities and
their families.
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Drama-Play
Connection - "Our Pragmatic Drama workshop is designed
to teach pragmatic language skills and foster the
development of social skills through the art of drama.
Our program serves children and young adolescents who
function well in most areas, but are struggling with the
social deficits associated with Asperger's Disorder (AS),
Nonverbal Learning Disability (NLD), and other
Developmental Disorders"
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Frost Valley YMCA serves youth and young adults aged 7
to 25 who have developmental disabilities.
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Happy Adventure Summer Camp - Day
summer camp serving severely developmentally and
physically disabled children and young adults from Santa
Barbara, Carpinteria, and Ventura, California.
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High Esteem's Camp Goodwill - A
central New York not-for-profit that provides residential
camping as well as, year round programs for children/young
adults with physical disabilities and of special needs.
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Inspiration Center - Handicap
accessible Christian camp and retreat center offers
programs for both physically and mentally challenged
children and adults. Also available for group retreats.
Located in Walworth, Wisconsin. Schedule, fees, and
registration forms.
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Kamp A-Kom-Plish
"is a sleep away camp for children and teens aged 8 to
16. Located on 108 acres in the beautiful Maryland
countryside, we have comfortable, air-conditioned cabins a
fishing and boating pond, miles of trails for riding and
hiking and a state-of-the-art Ropes Course."
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Kamp Dovetail - A
volunteer run summer camp for children with physical and
mental disabilities in Ohio
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Kostopulos Dream Foundation - Summer
camp for campers of all ages and ability levels for over
30 years. Salt Lake City, UT.
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Lions Bear Lake Camp - Offers
a free camp for visually impaired youth and a low-cost
camp for hearing impaired youth. Facility is also
available for rental year-round, with discounts to special
needs and nonprofit/youth groups. Located in Lapeer,
Michigan. Photos, programs, fees, and information request
forms.
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Lions Club Camp Kirk - Co-ed
residential camp whose mission is to provide a nurturing,
non-competitive, and structured atmosphere for 6 to 14
years olds who have learning disabilities and/or ADD/ADHD.
Located in Kirkfield, Ontario. Testimonials, FAQ, dates,
rates, and application.
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Mt
Hood Kiwanis Camp
- At our camp, children and
adults with disabilities leave behind their routine lives
to taste the freedom of the outdoors - to go beyond limits
that they, and others, may have set for them.
About
the camp.
503/452-7416, ext. 100
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Partners in Adventure - Fully
inclusive and non-competitive program in Burlington,
Vermont for young people 12 to 21 with a full range of
physical and developmental abilities and their
non-disabled peers. Organization history, dates, rates,
and forms.
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Recreation Unlimited - Summer
camp, day camp, respite retreat weekends for mentally and
physically challenged from 8 to 80 years old. A 165 acre
campus in North Central Ohio.
- Round Lake Camp
is a residential camp that is for campers with learning
differences. They state that their camp is now 2/3
Aspergers.
Contact Sheira Nowack at
rlc@njycamps.org or 973-575-3333 x 145
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SOAR - Operating
out of Balsam, North Carolina, and Dubois, Wyoming, SOAR
leads high adventure programs for LD and ADHD preteens,
teens, and adults throughout the Southeast, Florida Keys,
Caribbean, Rockies and Desert Southwest. Programs, staff
profiles, FAQ, and application form.
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Special Touch - An
organization whose goal is to provide disabled individuals
around the United States or their families with a summer
camp and a chapter support group they can attend.
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Summit Camp and Travel -
Serving boys and girls classified
as having attention deficit disorders and possible
concomitant learning disabilities or mild emotional
problems. Located in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 3 hours
from New York City.
- TalismanSummer Camps -
INSight is our adolescent leadership program
for 14-17 year olds with high functioning autism and
Asperger’s Syndrome. This program is an intense,
adventure-filled week of outdoor activities designed boost
self-esteem and self confidence, build skills for
communication, and participate in a peer group that can
relate well to each other.
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The Double "H" Hole in the Woods Ranch - New
York camp for children with physical and emotional
disorders.
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The Fowler Center for Outdoor Learning - Located
in Michigan, provides recreational opportunities for
children and adults with mental and physical disabilities,
including trails, adapted horseback riding, organic
garden, and barnyard.
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The Learning Camp - Summer
camp for 7-17 year old ADHD, ADD, learning disabled, and
dyslexic children offers academic tutoring and traditional
camp activities. Located in Vail Valley, Colorado.
Includes photos, staff profiles, testimonials, and
registration form.
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Therapeutic Holidays Camp - Charitable
organization, located in Crete, offering holidays combined
with an extensive range of healing programs and activities
to people with various disabilities and social adjustment
problems. Photos, programs, activities, and contact
information.
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Therapy/Respite
Camps for Kids - Information about summer camps that
focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or
respite for the kids and their families broken down into
national categories and regional categories in the USA,
Canada, Central America, Greece and other areas.
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