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Therapy/Respite Camps for Kids

This page evolves as people tell me about new camps, so if you know of camps that are not listed here, please email me so I can get the information posted here. If you direct a camp that would like a simple WWW page that describes your camp, I'll be pleased to put one up-- just email a description of the camp to me. Also, please let me know about any other WWW resources to which I should have a link. Thanks!

What's Here?

Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families. I have broken it into national categories and regional categories in the USA:

Apologies in advance if my sense of these regions differs from yours!

If you cannot find an appropriate camp on this page I also have some links to other potentially useful pages as well as some other websites that list camps. I list all of the camps I know of, so please do not email me asking for help locating a camp. Thanks.

Camps in the Northeast (USA)

    Connecticut
  • Kris' Camp, Connecticut.
  • Camp Horizons provides winter weekend get-a-ways, a week long holiday event, and 8 weeks of residential summer camp for children and adults who are mild to moderately mentally handicapped. In South Windham, CT.
  • Camp Hemlocks, in Hebron, is a rustic, barrier-free, year-round camping facility which provides recreational, educational and social programs for children and adults with disabilities and their families.
  • Time for Life holds a summer camp in Martha's Vineyard for kids with cancer and their families.

    Delaware

  • Camp Fairlee provides recreational camping for children and adults with disabilities, and respite for caregivers, in Delaware and on Maryland"s Eastern Shore.
  • Atlantic Coast Special Educational Services provides full time, summer & respite residential services for people with learning related disabilities (Ocean View, DE).
  • PECS Two Week Intensive Summer Program is designed to enhance the lives of children (2yr-6yr) with autism and related developmental disabilities.
  • Summer at the Cedars, Bridgeview, DE Please call 302/337-3200 for more info [ADHD/ADD focus].

    District of Columbia

  • Summer Adventure Camp, Washington, DC. Sensory integration, ages 4-9. (202) 986-9896.
  • Washington Parent Summer Camp Guide lists all types of summer camps.

    Maine

  • Camp Sunshine, in Casco, provides a respite for children with life threatening illnesses and their families.

    Maryland

  • Camp Fairlee provides recreational camping for children and adults with disabilities, and respite for caregivers, in Delaware and on Maryland"s Eastern Shore.
  • Camp Greentop, in Sabillisville, MD, offers camps at different times throughout the summer for children with disabilities.
  • National Speech/Language Therapy Center, Bethesda. Speech, OT; (301) 493-0023.
  • Therapeutic Summer Camp, in Silver Springs, is operated by The Boys' & Girls' Homes and Community Services, Inc.
  • Camp Greentop, Frederick, MD. Physical and multiple disabilities, Ages 7+. (410) 323-0500.
  • Capital Camps, Rockville, MD. Jewish Program. Special needs, ages 9-13. (301) 468-CAMP.
  • Life Horse, in Frederick, helps terminally and chronically ill children under the age of 21 find happiness and companionship through emotional and spiritual healing using horses.
  • Kamp Akomplish, in southern Maryland, has a camp and also provides respite services. Phone 301-870-3226.

    Massachussets

  • Camp Starfish serves emotionally, behaviorally, and learning disabled children by providing a safe therapeutic milieu in a natural camp setting. By providing a one-to-one camper to staff ratio the unique demands of each camper may be met while forging individual trusting relationships. Camp Starfish is located on 12 private acres in Brewster, MA.
  • Camp New Connections is a Pragmatic Language Group program that serves children and adolescents who are high functioning, but struggling with the social deficits associated with Asperger's Disorder, Nonverbal Learning Disability, and other Developmental Disorders.
  • YouthCare runs a therapeutic summer camp for children with asperger's, pdd and adhd. Associated with Massachusetts General Hospital in Charlestown.
  • Camp Arrowhead, on Lake Cochituate, is a day and residential camp that serves children and adults with disabilities.
  • Handi-Kids, in Bridgewater, provides recreational and therapy services for mentally and physically challenged children.
  • Camp Safe Haven, children with AIDS, in Vineyard Haven, MA.
  • Autism Treatment center of America's Sonrise Program for families with special children (Option Institute, Sheffield, MA).
  • Camp Echo Bridge, Newton, integrates children with special needs with more typical children, and serves kids ages 3-15.
  • Time for Life holds a summer camp in Martha's Vineyard for kids with cancer and their families.
  • Camp Carole, in West Roxbury, is a camp for children with cancer.
  • Camp S.T.A.R. is for children ages 5 through 22 with physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional, and/or multiple disabilities. For more information, please call the YMCA of the North Shore at 978-922-0990, ext 129.

    New Hampshire

  • Camp Fatima's Special Needs E.C. Week, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
  • Camp Without Barriers for Children and Adults with Disabilities. Camp Sno-Mo is an inclusive camping program that partners the Boy Scouts with children who have physical and cognitive disabilities.
  • Wediko Summer Program in the Monadnock region, is focused on children whose learning, social development and self-direction is lagging.
  • Camp Sno-Mo is an inclusive camping program that partners the Boy Scouts with children who have physical and cognitive disabilities.
  • Camp Carpenter offers a Manchester-based residential or day camp in collaboration with the cub scouts.

  • New Jersey

  • PECS Two Week Intensive Summer Program, designed to enhance the lives of children and adults with autism and related developmental disabilities.
  • Camp Merry Hearts focuses on respite for families, achievement in challenges, building of self-esteem in a safe environment, opportunities to have friends and to get along with others.
  • Harbor Haven, in West Orange, is a 7-week, co-ed day camp for children ages 3-15 with mild special needs.
  • Round Lake Camp/New Jersey YM-YWHA Camps, Fairfield, NJ. Please call 973.575.3333 ext 122 for more info [focus on ADD/Learning Disabilities].
  • Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside runs both summer camps and day camps.
  • Camp Oakhurst serves physically challenged adults and children in Oakhurst, NJ.
  • Summer Learning Programs, provides alternative education for students with Attention Deficit Disorder and behavioral concerns. It is run by the Windsor Schools in Morristown, Patterson, and Pompton.
  • Camp Star, in Rahway, is a day camp for special needs kids 8-21.
  • Harbor Haven Day Camp, in West Orange, is a 7-week, co-ed day camp for children ages 5-15 with special needs.
  • Camp Nejeda, in Stillwater, is a residential summer camp for children with diabetes with an emphasis on providing diabetes self management and nutrition education in a traditional camp setting.
  • Elks Camp Moore is a recreational camp for handicapped children in the Ramapo Mountains.
  • Camp Nova is a 1 week overnight camp for 8-25 year olds with epilepsy that is run by the Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey. It is usually held in late June. Phone 732/262-8020 for more information.
  • Camp Sun 'N Fun is a coed camp, ages 8+, run by the ARC of Gloucester County, NJ. For more information, please call 856.629.4502.
  • Camp Friendship, Teaneck, NJ. Please call 908/730-9019 for more info. Also has camps in Clinton, NJ and New York City (coed, ages 5-13).

    New York

  • Autreat is an opportunity for autistic people and those with related developmental differences, our friends, and supporters to come together, discover and explore autistic connections, and develop advocacy skills, all in an autistic-friendly environment. Located in upstate New York.
  • Surfer's Healing runs surfing camps for autistic children in Long Beach.
  • Camp Loyaltown in Hunter Mountain, has been a summer haven for children and adults with developmental disabilities, while providing worry-free respite for family members.
  • The Southampton Fresh Air Home is a camp for physically challenged children in Southampton, NY.
  • Birch Family Camp, children with AIDS, New York, NY.
  • Camp Cummings, Brewster, New York, serves developmetnally disabled children, adolescents and adults.
  • Cradle Beach Camp has been in existence since 1888 serving the needs of disabled and disadvantaged children from Western New York.
  • Clover Patch Camp, in Glenville, is a summer camp for individuals with disabilities where each camper is encouraged to reach his or her fullest potential.
  • Camp Ramapo, Rhinebeck NY, serves various special populations, and has done so for 79 years!
  • Camp Northwood, Remsen, NY is a seven week summer camp for children with learning challenges.
  • Vacation Camp for the Blind in the Village of New Hampstead, New York.
  • Camp Good Days and Special Times is a non-profit organization that provides a camping experience and more for children and adults facing the toughest challenges of life. On Keuka Lake (Finger Lakes, central NY).
  • Wellness G.I.F.T.S. is a get-away camping retreat program that "Gives Inspiration For The Soul" to families who have members with special needs.
  • Camp Huntington, for Boys & Girls with Learning & Developmental Disabilities, ADD, PDD. Residential Therapeutic/Adaptive Recreation, ages 6-25, plus Adult Vacations. In Woodstock, NY.
  • NYU Summer Program for Kids is a special needs camp located in Riverdale, New York. The camp is for children ages 7-11 diagnosed with ADHD and/or social skills deficits, and runs for eight weeks under the supervision of clinical psychologists.
  • Camp Double `H' Ranch, near Lake George, provides hope and adventure to 1,000 critically ill children each summer, 500 children through the winter skiing program, and several hundred through it's family based programs.
  • Camp Sundown is for persons with XP or related conditions. It is run by the Xeroderma Pigmentosum Society (XPS).
  • Camp Venture, in Nanuet, is an integrated summer camping program serving a broad cross section of children with and without disabilities.
  • High Esteem's Camp Goodwill offers adaptive residential camping as well as year round programs for children young adults with physical disabilities and of special needs, from all over central New York.
  • Association in Manhattan for Autistic Children, Inc., in the Andirondacks. Please call Sara Socher at 212/645-5005 for more info.
  • Gow Summer Programs, South Wales, NY. Please call 716/655-2900 [focus on learning differences].

    Pennsylvania

  • Camp WISP, The Watson Institute, Sewickley, PA, is an inclusive summer program for children with autism.
  • Camp Joy, in Schwenksville, provides respite services for families and caregivers of children with developmental disabilities, including autism.
  • Camp Lee Mar, Lackawaxen, PA.
  • Aaron's Acres, in Lancaster County, provides ongoing supportive, educational and recreational services to children with special needs and their families.
  • Keystone Pokono Camp is committed to offering novel as well as proven and meaningful programming to individuals with various disabilities, ranging from developmental delays, ADHD, autism, and other related impairments, ensuring the proper degree of structure, supervision and most importantly fun.
  • Summit Camp, in Honesdale, PA, serving ADD, LD and Asberger's kids (office in Forest Hills, New York).
  • Beacon Lodge, in Newton Hamilton, s a non-profit summer camp for children and adults with visual impairments as well as other challenges.
  • Camp Wesley Woods, Grand Valley, PA. For children with emotional and intellectual handicaps. Please call Herb West at 814/436-7802.

    Rhode Island

  • Camp Ruggles, 133 Stone Dam Road, North Scituate, RI, 02857, has programs for children with special needs. Phone: (401)647-5508.
  • Canonicus Camp and Conference Center, 54 Exeter Road, Exeter, RI; (800) 294-6318 x103, hosts many groups of special needs children as conference groups running their own programs.
  • The RI Autism Project offers a two week day camp for children 3-12 with severe communication disorders and sensory deficits. Actvities such as swimming, rowing, crafts and more will be provided. Please contact Connie Rinehart, Director at 401-785-2666.

Camps in the Southeast (USA)

    Alabama

  • Camp ASSCA (Alabama Special Camp for Children and Adults--Easter Seals) is a year-round facility, and offers expanded opportunities for additional respite activities for those in the disabled community and their families; 800/THE-CAMP (843-2267).
  • St. Mark in Birmingham, has a respite program.
  • The Alabama Respite Resource Network is a clearinghouse for respite information.

    Arkansas

  • Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock has a year round weekend respite program that meets 3 times a month for children 6-18 with varing physical and mental disabilities and medical conditions, including but not limited to CP, spina bifida, down syndrome, autism, epilpsey, and MR. They also have a summer medical camp where children come out for week long disablity specific camps which includes: MD, CP, spina bifida, diabetes, E.A.K. (eplipsey, arthritis, and kidney failure), asthma, oncology, amputee. They also run an inclusionary camp, called Kota Camps, for children with and without disabilities; each year they have one week session and 3 weekend sessions.
  • Sickle Cell Summer Camp is sponsored by the Pulaski County Sickle Cell Support Group and the Sickle Cell Project of the UAP.
  • Camp Quality, in Bald Knob, is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.

    Florida

  • Kris' Camp , Florida.
  • Autism Summer Camp, in Naples, FL is run by the John Maxwell Biasco Foundation.
  • Camp Thunderbird, near Orlando, FL, provides a camping experience for all types of children with disabilities. It also runs some adult camps.
  • Surfer's Healing runs surfing camps for autistic children in Cocoa Beach.
  • Camp Good Days and Special Times, in Tampa, provides a camping experience and much more for children touched by cancer, their siblings, children who have a parent with cancer, or whose lives have been touched by violence or other life challenges.
  • North Florida Roatary Youth Camp, near Gretna, is intended for any child, age 9-16, with a physical limitation, which would make it difficult or impossible to participate at other camps.
  • Success Oriented Achievement Realized (SOAR) features success-oriented, high adventure camp programs for LD, ADHD and ADD preteens, teens and adults. They hold programs in several locations, including the Florida Keys.
  • The Foundation For Dreams Manatee County, FL.
  • Conductive Education Center of Orlando holds summer camps and year round classes for children with motor challenges.
  • Camp Endeavor, in Dundee, FL, is a privately supported, non-profit summer program designed and originated to serve deaf and hearing impaired youth.
  • Camp Challenge, in Lake County, Sorrento, Florida, is an Easter Seals camp.
  • The Boggy Creek Gang is a place where kids coping with illness can just be kids.
  • Holistic Therapy Solutions, in Plantation, offers a summer camp for children with autism. They also offer a camp for pre-teens with Asbergers, PDD, ADHD to learn responsibilities for volunteering, as well as social skills. Email Michelle for more information, or phone: 954-424-2205 or 305-298-9787.
  • Kids Foundation sponsors the Dolphin Wellness program which takes challenged as well as healthy children ages 4-14 on boat cruises in Florida to encounter dolphins in their natural habitat (ocean). The cruises and encounters are FREE, but children must provide their own transportation to Florida. Applications can be sent to kidsfoundation@... (the number of family members; ages and any diagnoses of children) as well as on the website, or by calling (510) 477-0404 mornings PST.
  • Frontier Travel Camp provides people with learning disabilities, language delays, Attention Deficit Disorder, Down syndrome, William’s Syndrome, and other developmental disabilities a therapeutic travel experience.

    Georgia

  • Camp Sunshine, Atlanta, Georgia, serves kids with cancer.
  • Deaf-Blind Access of the South in Georgia.
  • Under Musical Construction, Inc. in Alpharetta, has summer camps, classes thoughout the year, and special programs, as well as workshops for families with children with special needs.
  • Dream Power in Alpharetta provides horse therapy summer camps.
  • Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities may prove to be a useful resource.
  • Southeast: Dan, the Recreation Manager for Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities (AADD) in Atlanta, tells me that the best source for camps he has seen is:
    "Summer Recreation Programs Available To Youths With Disabilities 1997" Published by
    GLRS
    Metro East Center
    2415-C North Druid Hills Rd.
    Atlanta, Ga. 30329
    (404)325-3011
    Dan reports that 1/3 of the camps listed are in Georgia--the others are out of state.

    Kentucky

  • Stewart Home School in Frankfort, KY, is a residential school with educational, vocational, and recreation programs for people of all ages with cognitive/mental challenges.
  • Camp KYSOC, located in Carrollton, provides a unique camping experience for children and adults who have physical, developmental and multiple disabilities, learning and behavioral disorders, eating disorders, spina bifida and autism.
  • Camp Quality is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Easter Seals Camp, in Mt. Juliet Tennessee, offers several summer sessions for various disabilities as well as some intergrated camp experiences. Easter Seals, TN also holds Respite Weekends throughout the year.
  • Camp Mockingbird is a free summer camp for blind youth, ages 7-17, of the Mid-South. Full camping activities are offered for one week in late July or early August. Supervision with qualified teachers and counselors. A resident doctor is provided. Sponsored by Memphis/White Station Lions Club. For more info: 901-767-3896 or 1-800-767-9752.

    Louisiana

  • Camp Discover, Louisiana State University (LSU), is an educational and recreational program for children ages 5-12 with Down Syndrome or Autism. The staff consists of special education teachers and personnel experienced in working with special needs children. In the mornings, campers enjoy hands-on academic activities in a variety of subjects. They have the option of participating in Tiger Camp for the afternoon, where they are involved in recreational activities such as arts and crafts, swimming and physical and adapted physical education. For more information please call (225) 578-3144 or 1-800-388-3883, or visit the web site above.
  • Camp Quality is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.

    North Carolina

  • The Autism Society of North Carolina sponsors two Summer Camps, Camp Royall, in Chatham County, and Montain Adventure, in Black Mountain. Each is a residential summer camp for individuals with autism, ages 4 to adult, and you can learn more about both camps at the link above.
  • SIGHT is a two-week outdoor residential program for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and Asperger's Syndrome. SIGHT is one of the Talisman Summer Programs which also serve ADHD and other populations.
  • Camp Free Spirit, in Gibsonville, N.C., offers day camp throughout the summer for kids with and without disabilities, ages 5 years and up.
  • SOAR (success oriented achievment realized) is a non-profit therapeutic adventure program for AD/HD and LD youth in Balsam, N.C.
  • White Harvest Camp, in Jefferson, is an inter-denominational Christian camp/summer camp for children with special needs.
  • Camp Timberwolf, in Hendersonville, serves children diagnosed with LD, ADD/ADHD, OCD, and similar behavioral challenges.
  • Camp Sky Ranch in Blowing Rock, N.C. 828-264-8600 Write to: Jack and Betty Sharpe, 515 Hobbs Road, Greensboro, NC 27403
  • The Goldsboro Parks & Recreation Dept. offers a two week camp for children with special needs. This camp is no cost to the participants, and kids will learn social skills, bond with friendship old and new. Phone 919-739-7489 or email Lorice Smith, Special Population's Program Leader.
  • Camp Dogwood is owned and operated by the North Carolina Lions Foundation, Inc. NCLF serves as a state wide resource for the blind and visually impaired residents of North Carolina. For more information, please call 1-(800) 662-7401.

    South Carolina

  • Camp Adam Fisher for kids with diabetes and their siblings.

    Tennessee

  • Check out the Tennessee Family Pathfinder web site at Vanderbilt for information for families seeking disability resources. They maintain a Recreation and Camping page as well as a Respite page. For the Middle Tennessee region you might also try the Vanderbilt Childrens' Hospital's Summer Camp directory.
  • Camp Discovery, located on the Flynn's Creek area of Cordell Hull Lake in Jackson County, provides summer camping opportunities for people with special needs.
  • River's Way, in Bluff City, provides opportunities for youth of all abilities to work, learn and have fun together in educational and outdoor adventure settings.
  • The ARC of the mid-south sponsors one-week residential camp in Memphis for campers with developmental disabilities, age 8 years and older.
  • UCP of Memphis holds Camp Livitup, an eight-week day camp for persons ages 5-18 with any disability.
  • The Speech and Hearing Center in Chattanooga holds a summer day camp for deaf children and their siblings from 3 to16 years of age.

    Virginia

  • Camp Holiday Trails, in Charlottesville, believes that all children with special health needs should be given an opportunity to enjoy a summer camp experience.
  • Camp Easter Seals East & West, in Virginia.
  • Bright Moments is a camp in Virginia that is designed to offer children living with sickle cell disorders the opportunity to enjoy physically challenging tasks in a supportive and cooperative atmosphere.
  • Camp Baker, Chesterfield, VA. Mild to severe MR/autism/ADD/ADHD/ED/LD. Ages 6+. (804) 748-4789.
  • Burgundy Farm Summer Day Camp, Alexandria. Ages 3¾ to 15, mild disabilities on a case-by-case basis. (703) 329-9495.
  • George Mason University Compu-Play/Compu-Write, Fairfax, VA. Severe disabilities. (703) 993-3670.
  • Camp Sunshine YMCA, Stafford, VA. Special needs. Ages 8-21. (540) 371-9622.
  • Good Beginnings, Falls Church, VA. Sensory Integration group classes, ages 3-8. (703) 536-1817.
  • Kellar Camp and Challenge Camp, Fairfax, VA. ADD and ADHD, ages 6-16. (703) 218-8523.
  • New Directions “Quality vacations” for people with DD. (805) 967-2841.
  • Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center maintains a list of summer camps in the Virginia area.

Camps in the Midwest (USA)

    Illinois

  • The Association for Individual Development, in Aurora, runs a one week residential camp for children with disabilities. Phone Laura McNeece at 630.844.5040, xt203.
  • The Illinois Tourette Camp is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting camping opportunities for children with Tourette Syndrome (TS) and its associated disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD).
  • Camp Quality, in Frankfort, is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Camp Little Giant is a summer camp for individuals with disabilities run by the Touch of Nature Environmental Center of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
  • Touch of Nature’s Therapeutic Recration Program is designed to help individuals experiencing physical and developmental disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, ADD/ADHD, and traumatic brain injuries. It is run by the Touch of Nature Environmental Center of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
  • Easter Seals Camp in Hudson, Illinois serves kids with disabilities. 309/365-8021; Rr 2 Box, Hudson, IL 61748.

    Indiana

  • Bradford Woods, Martinsville, Indiana runs a number of summer camps including a residential camp for persons with disabilities.
  • Camp Isanogel is a summer camp and year round program serving children and adults ages 5-70+ years of age. Located in Muncie, Indiana.
  • Red Cedar in Fort Wayne, IN, is a therapeutic horse back riding camp.
  • Camp Awareness, in Noblesville, IN, is a unique camp experience for children on the autism spectrum.
  • Camp Millhouse, in South Bend, holds eight 1-week camps from June -August. Serves campers with moderate to severe disabilities, ages 4+, coed. For more information send email to campmillhouse@... or phone at 574-233-2202.
  • CHAMP Camp P.O. Box 40407, Indianapolis, IN 46240, 317/875-9496, holds a one-week summer session for "medically fragile" kids (the camp is held at Recreation Unlimited in Ashley, OH).
  • Anderson Woods provides 4 day summer camp experiences for mentally retarded children and adults. For more information, call Judy Colby at (812)357-2325.

    Iowa

  • Camp Courageous, Monticello Iowa (319/465-5916). Thousands of campers with disabilities attend CourageousU recreational and respite facilities annually.
  • Camp Albrecht Acres, in Sherrill, Iowa, is a Camp for the mentally and physically disabled and ages range from 2-Unlimited. They have run summer sessions since 1975 (serving 400-600 campers per summer), but plan to go year round starting in 2000.
  • Easter Seals Camp Sunnyside serves any Iowan 4 years and older with any type of disability, either mental or physical.
  • Amanda the Panda provides support to grieving children and their families through a variety of services. It is located in Des Moines, IA.
  • Camp Hertko Hollow, in Boone, IA, is a camp for children with diabetes.
  • Camp Quality Heartland is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Easter Seals Camp Sunnyside, PO Box 4002, Des Moines, IA 50333, Phone: 515/289-1933, extension 207. Programs: Adventure Camping (year-round), Residential Camping (summer), Day Camp (summer), Respite and Supported Community Living Services (year-round).
  • Camp Wesley Woods 515/961-4523, Indianola, Iowa counducts an Exceptional Persons Camp for adults with mental handicaps--I do not know whether they also have a camp for kids.

    Michigan

  • Grand Haven Attention Camp is a day-treatment camp for families with school age children with adhd.
  • Camp Quality has several camping experiences as well as a year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Life Horse for the Kids, in Ortonville, helps terminally and chronically ill children under the age of 21 find happiness and companionship through emotional and spiritual healing using the horse.
  • Eric RicStar Winter Music Therapy Camp, in East Lansing, is a day camp for all persons with special needs and their siblings.
  • Camp Fowler has year round programs for handicapped children, teens, and adults starting at a long weekend to two weeks long. Contact: The Fowler Center, 2315 Harmon Lake Road, Mayville, MI 48744. Phone: (517) 673-2050.
  • Able Abe's Summer Camp - day camp for children with special needs ages 4 - 10 years in Birmingham, MI (suburb of Detroit). Small, therapeutic environment with physical, occupational, and speech therapists on staff. Can register for one to six weeks. For more information call 248-855-0030.
  • The Abilities Center also sponsors summer intensive therapy services for people who come to the Birmingham area from out of town. A few days to 2 week stays can be arranged with an individualized therapy program established based on the needs of the child and family. Family education an integral part of the program. Specially trained in NDT, Sensory Integration, Interactive Metronome, Therapeutic Listening, Craniosacral Therapy, Fast Forword, and more. Call for information 248-855-0030.

    Minnesota

  • Camp Buckskin, in Ely, has been meeting the needs of youth with academic and/or social skill difficulties - particularly those with AD/HD and Learning Disabilities - for over forty years.
  • Friendship Ventures runs two residential summer camps for anyone age 5 and older who has developmental and (or) physical disability, and also runs a year round weekend respite progam. Camp Friendship is in Annandale, and Eden Wood Center is in Eden Prarie.
  • Camp Courage, Minnesota. Includes camping sessions for children suffering from Asthma, Deafness, Cancer, Hemophelia and Sickle cell anemia.
  • Camp Odayin, at Camp Knutson in Crosslake, provides a residential camping experience for young people with heart disease.
  • Twin Cities Autism Society runs a summer camp for AS, autistic, and PDD kids. Voice: 651/647-1083; 970 Raymond Ave., # 101, St. Paul, MN 55114-1146.

    Missouri

  • Camp Determination is held at Tall Oaks Conference Center in Linwood, and is one of only a very few camps in the United States designed specifically for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders. Go to Autism Asperger Resource Center and then click on the Camp Determination link.
  • Wonderland Camp, A Special Camp for Special Friends On the Lake of the Ozarks.
  • Camp Black Hawk, north of Rolla, is a special needs summer camp for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
  • Camp Carpe Diem, north of Rolla, is also a special needs summer camp for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
  • Camp Barnabus, near Springfield, was created so that children with special needs can do the things they might normally feel left out of. The camp has counselors, doctors and nurses, and cooks on staff at the camp. For more information, phone 417-476-2565.
  • Camp Quality Kansas City is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Camp Quality Northwest Missouri is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Camp Quality Central Missouri is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Camp Quality Ozark is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Building the Road to Independence, in Webster Groves, is a sports day camp for kids with cerebral palsy. It is directed by the St. Louis Children's Hospital's Carol and Paul Hatfield Cerebral Palsy Sports and Rehabilitation Center. Download the application at www.stlchildrenshospital.org under the Parents Kids section, or call 314-454-2604 for more information.

    Nebraska

  • Camp Without Barriers is a summer camp that provides week long getaways for children and adults with disabilities. It is run by Easter Seals Nebraska.
  • Camp Kindle, children with AIDS, in Hordville, NE.
  • Camp Quality Heartland is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.

    Ohio

  • Camp NuHop, in Ashland, OH, is a summer residential program for any youngster from 6 to 16 with a learning disability, behavior disorder, or attention deficit disorder.
  • Camp Silver Lake, in New Carlisle, is a day camp that provides children with 30 hours of structured activities to meet their individual needs for movement, creativity and various sensory experiences.
  • Sky Ranch is to serve the disabled population as a test bed of the most innovative adaptive equipment for all types of working, living and recreational activities. Located in northern Ohio.
  • Camp Echoing Hills is a coed residential bible camp and special needs program in Warsaw, OH. Specific services available for the emotionally challenged, developmentally challenged, hearing impaired, learning disabled, physically challenged, and visually impaired, ages: 7-70. The Tri-Village Lions Club offers financial support to campers.
  • Akron Rotary Camp for Special Needs Children is a camp run by the YMCA in Northeast Ohio.
  • Stepping Stones, in Cincinnatti, offers a day camp program for children with challenges and a residential camp for people of all ages with challenges.
  • Camp Quality Ohio is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Recreation Unlimited in Ashley, Ohio holds a number of residential camps for youths and adults with developmental and/or physical disabilities. They also hold weekend respite retreats throughout the year. Phone 740/548-7006, or write them at 7700 Piper Rd, Ashley, OH, 43003-9741.
  • Camp Cheerful, Ohio, (440) 238-6200. A residential camp for children with Aspbergers Syndrome or Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified. They also have a residental camp for children and adults that have physical disabilities.
  • Adventure Camp, sponsored by the Kidney Foundation of Ohio and the Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio, will be held at Camp Cheerful in Strongsville from July 8 - 13, 2001. This experience will be as close to a "typical" camp as possible. Medical staff will be there to provide for the needs of the campers. The cost per camper is $315, but financial aid is available for those who require it. For further information, call Kathy Lawry (Kidney Foundation) at (216)771-1700 or Marsha Collins (Epilepsy Foundation) at (216)579-1330.

    Wisconsin

  • Respite Camp, in in the Dells, is run by the Wisconsin Elks and Easter Seals.
  • Wisconsin Badger Camp, in Platteville, has been serving the developmentally challenged children and adults for over 30 years.
  • Easter Seals Camp Wawbeek, in the Dells, provides camping experiences for hundreds of children and adults with physical disabilities each year.
  • Adventures for Life runs day and residential camps for people with developmental challenges who are 12 or older. The Milwaukee Center for Independence sponsors the camp.
  • Easter Seals Southeastern Wisconsin offers a Summer Respite Program for individuals age 7-21 with disabilities.
  • Wisconsin Lions Camp, in Rosholt, is a summer camp for children with Visual, Hearing or Mild/Borderline Cognitive Disabilities.
  • Camp Heartland, Inc., children with AIDS, in Cudahy, WI.
  • RESPITE CARE provided for parents with children or adults with disabilities. Tender Loving Care in a Christian home on a dairy farm in Southwest Wisconsin. For more information e-mail: Jane.

Camps in the Southwest (USA)

    New Mexico

  • Apple Dumplin Camp is a new (1999) camp in New Mexcio that serves handicapped children in a Christian environment.

    Texas

  • Children's Association for Maximum Potential (C.A.M.P.) Camp, Texas Hill Country at Center Point, Texas (210/292-3566). Residential camping, day-care, respite, rehabilitation for children with severe medical, physical or mental disabilities. Large medical staff enables nation-wide acceptance of children with severe problems..
  • Camp For All, in Burton, is a unique camping and retreat facility that works in partnership with special needs groups to enrich the lives of people with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
  • The Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children, in Temple, seeks to serve chronically ill and special needs children.
  • Camp Summit, a year round camp for children with brachial plexus injuries and their families near Dallas, TX.
  • United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Houston has day and overnight camps for kids with disabilities, in-home respite for parents, and other respite programs.
  • Star Ranch Summer Camp Ingram, Texas.
  • The Marbridge Foundation holds a unique summer camp designed for young men and women, 16 years or older, who have mild to moderate retardation or other cognitive challenges. Located in Manchaca, TX.
  • The Monarch School, Houston, TX, is dedicated to providing an innovative, therapeutic education for children. It also offers a summer day camp for LD, ADD, AHDH, tourettes, and aspergers kids.
  • Camp Quality is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer.
  • Dallas Therapy offers an intensive speech therapy camp for 2-7 years olds.
  • Camp Hope, children with AIDS, Houston, TX, 713/623-6796, send email.
  • Camp Wenoweez is a week-long residential camp held at Camp for All in Burton for children ages 7-12 with asthma. It is sponsored by the American Lung Association of Texas.

Camps in the West (USA)

Camps in Canada

    Alberta

  • Camp Bonaventure (aka Camp "B") is part of the Between Friends Club which provides quality social and recreational opportunities in an accepting environment, focusing on children and young adults with disabilities.

    British Columbia

  • Zajac Ranch runs a variety of camps for kids with challenges and life threatening illnesses.
  • The British Coumbia Lions Society sponsors three free camps for children with disabilities ages 6 - 18, who live in British Columbia: Camp Shawnigan(Vancouver Island), Camp Squamish (outside of Vancouver) and Camp Winfield (in the Okanagan Valley). They have a number of different week long sessions available, registration begins in the beginning of April. Contact info@..., or phone 1-888-868-2822, for more information.

    Ontario

  • Check out the Ontario Camping Association's page for Special Needs Camps for a listing of camps in Ontario (too many to list here).
  • Ability Camp is a year round, residential therapy camp.
  • Camp Winston supports individuals with neurological disorders. Located on Sparrow Lake in Ontario.
  • Shadow Lake Centre, in Stouffville, provides summer camping and year round weekend respite for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
  • Camp Kodiak offers a unique, integrated, non-competitive program for LD, ADD/ADHD mainstream kids and teens.
  • Camp Kiatou offers wilderness therapy and emotional growth therapy for at-risk teens.
  • The Tim Horton Children Foundation sponsors several camps for special needs children in several locations throughout Canada. Phone them at 905 854 1999, or write them at 10206 Guelphi, Campbellville, Ontario, Canada L0P1B0.

    Prince Edward Island

  • Camp Gencheff is a camp for children, teens and adults with physical and developmental disabilities in Prince Edward Island, Canada. For more information, email Jodi, or phone: (902)569-2669.

Camps in Central America

Camps in Greece

  • Therapeutic Holidays, is a charitable organisation providing healing holidays to people with mental or physical disabilities/disorders in Crete. Therapeutic Riding, Animal Care, Trekking and Ergotherapy are just a few of the activities the holidaymakers are getting involved.

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