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Summer Camps for Special Needs Springing Up All Over the Country


Parents of special needs children are often at a loss for children's summer activities. Public schools can accommodate these children during the school year. However, during the summer, special needs children have not always had access to good summer programs. Often they are in daycare with children much younger than they are or attending day camps near home.

Now that is changing. There are now overnight summer camps that specialize in children with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, autism, Asperger Syndrome, enuresis, hearing impairment, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, arthritis, heart conditions, diabetes, asthma, spinal bifida, kidney disorders, AIDS, and more.

These camps often require extra staff and medical facilities. For example, Camp Wanakita, in Ontario, Canada, accepts children with hemophilia. A staff of nurses is available during the entire two-week session.

Camp Not-A-Choo in Arizona is one of many overnight camps for children with asthma. The Great Lakes Camp in Michigan is a place where burn survivors ages 7 to 17 years can support each another. Camp Aldersgate in Arkansas has free programs for children with cancer - friends and siblings can attend with them.

Camp Huntington, in the Catskills Mountains in New York, is one of the few special needs camps with a long history. It has been enrolling developmentally disabled children for 47 years. Executive Director Daniel Falk said that parents are often terrified of sending their special needs child to an overnight camp, but it can be a life-enhancing experience and a big step toward increased self-esteem and independence.


Specialized Summer Camps

Does your child need a specialized programs? Aspen Education Group has summer programs for many different needs, from wilderness therapy for behavioral issues to adventure camps for kids with autism, ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, PDD, and even weight loss adventure camps. Please call to learn more.

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Camp Huntington

Camp HuntingtonCamp Huntington offers co-ed, residential, summer camps for children and young adults who have special needs such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disabilities, and cognitive impairment. Camp Huntington's program is designed to maximize a child's potential and develop their strengths and hidden abilities. They offer a unique program approach we've developed: Adaptive Therapeutic Recreation. Your child will enjoy the fun-filled days of summer camp while learning practical life skills.

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Talisman Camps

Talisman ProgramsTalisman summer programs offer camps for children ages 6 to 17 and young adults 18-21 with LD, ADD and ADHD, Asperger's Syndrome, and high functioning autism. Talisman has been offering such experiences since 1980 and is ACA accredited. Their unique summer camps specialize in creating camps that offer not only adventure, but learning experiences, for children and teenagers with learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism. Talisman provides parents with unique alternatives to ordinary summer camps that cannot focus on their child's special needs.

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